1. Lloyd Monserratt, was an American political activist and Director of Constituent Services for the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, where he trained a number of future Latino politicians.
17 Facts About Lloyd Monserratt
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At the time of his death, Monserratt was chief-of-staff for Los Angeles City Councilmember Nick Pacheco.
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Lloyd Monserratt was born in Los Angeles, California, the eldest son of Ecuadorian immigrants Carlos and Olga Lloyd Monserratt.
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Lloyd Monserratt's father was an architect and named his eldest son after Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Lloyd Monserratt graduated with honors from Saint Francis High School in La Canada.
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Days after the election, the USAC members who had endorsed Lloyd Monserratt's opponents voted to overrule the Election Board, applying their own eligibility criteria retroactively.
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The election was appealed through the internal student government appellate process, and the school administration, where Lloyd Monserratt's ineligibility was affirmed.
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At the time, Lloyd Monserratt said he did not condone the violence and had left before it erupted.
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Lloyd Monserratt honed the political organizing skills learned at UCLA by working for many California political campaigns.
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Lloyd Monserratt used his experience to train future Latino politicians while serving as the Director of Constituent Services for the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials.
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Lloyd Monserratt worked with the Texas Senate campaign of Victor Morales.
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In 2001, while on leave from Pacheco's office to run the campaign of Ed Reyes for 1st District seat of the city council, Lloyd Monserratt was involved in a campaign scandal.
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When Hispanic students were criticized for waving Mexican flags during demonstrations in Los Angeles in 1994, Lloyd Monserratt responded to the controversy by saying that it was "a symbolic clinging to self-pride".
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Lloyd Monserratt was serving as chief-of-staff for Los Angeles City Councilmember Nick Pacheco at the time of his death.
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Lloyd Monserratt's death sent a shock through the California Democratic circles.
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Lloyd Monserratt's fiancee said that he died of medical errors and undetected infection three days after an elective surgery.
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Lloyd Monserratt's fiancee said that his surgeon had a record of substance abuse and other major mistakes.