14 Facts About Maria Cardona

Maria Teresa Cardona was born on November 12,1966 and works at the Dewey Square Group and is the founder of Latinovations.

Maria Cardona dissects advocacy and public policy that shape Latinos lives in the US in El Rey Network.

Maria Cardona moved to the United States with her family at the age of two and lived in Ohio but shortly after settled in Leesburg, Florida.

Maria Cardona then went on to be the Press Secretary to Secretaries William Daley and Mickey Kantor.

From 1998 to 2001, Maria Cardona was the Director of Communications for the United States Department of Justice's Immigration and Naturalization Service, acting as the Clinton Administration's top spokesperson on the complex issues surrounding immigration, including the Elian Gonzalez affair.

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Maria Cardona was chosen by Hispanic Business Magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential Hispanics in the country of that year.

Maria Cardona joined the New Democrat Network in 2003 as their vice president for Media Relations, where she developed and directed NDN's ongoing efforts to help Democrats better understand and community to the Hispanic electorate.

Maria Cardona directed NDN's Hispanic Project, which was created to expand research and polling, candidate recruitment, and national paid and earned media communications strategies targeted to Hispanic audiences, in both English and Spanish.

Maria Cardona joined the Dewey Square Group in 2005 as a principal, helping their corporate, non-profit and trade association clients develop strategic partnerships at the national, state and local level, especially within the Latino community.

Maria Cardona used her background to tap into the Latino community and ensure that Dewey clients were well represented and understand the demographic.

In October 2011, Maria Cardona joined the CNN Network for the 2012 presidential election season as a political contributor, and was the first Latina Democratic contributor on CNN and the only person, at that time, to contribute to both CNN Domestic and CNN en Espanol.

Maria Cardona continues to make appearances on CNN and CNN en Espanol and writes editorials speaking on a variety of national issues.

Currently, Maria Cardona sits as a board member of numerous organizations dedicated to Latino issues.

Maria Cardona was named one of the nation's Top 50 Most Influential Latinos in 2012.