Martha Gonzalez-Cortes, core of a center - CEO of the Hispanic Center of Western Michigan.

Gonzalez-Cortes, 35, is chief executive officer of the Hispanic Center of Western Michigan.

She took over the agency in February — for the second time. She was executive director from 2000 to 2003, then left for Lansing to be state director of the Office of Migrant Affairs, coordinating services for nearly 50,000 migrants like her parents, Jose and Maria Gonzalez.

She has spent her adult life advocating for people who live the migrant life she knows so well, starting out as a health aide and outreach worker in camps. She offered legal assistance, helping workers file claims for minimum-wage violations and fighting unfair housing.”*

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