Community leaders rue news of Latina’s Cabinet departure. Utah

“Some community leaders question why Yvette Diaz, the executive director of Utah Department of Community and Culture, resigned just after only eight months on the job. Others are not surprised.

Diaz’s resignation was one of three changes in state leadership announced by Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. in a news release Wednesday.

As the first Latina to serve as a state department head, her appointment was trumpeted by Huntsman despite lingering controversy about Huntsman’s first pick for the job, who quickly withdrew, and allegations that Diaz knowingly hired an undocumented nanny. An investigation by the governor’s office cleared her, however, saying the nanny had given her false documents. “

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