Counties:

King

Chair
(2nd Term Expires 08/01/08)
Work: City of Bellevue
PO Box 52926
Bellevue, WA 98015
Phone: (425) 452-7194
E-mail: lpsalazar25@yahoo.com

Lourdes Portillo Salazar was born in Chicago, Illinois.  She was raised and lived in Mexico City until her late teens; at which time the family returned to the US.   She works for the City of Bellevue as a Program Coordinator in the Probation Division.   In addition to performing her duties as Program Coordinator, she helped develop the initial Spanish language defendant intake program, thus making it possible for Spanish-speaking inmates to understand the complexities of Probation and Court requirements and to successfully complete the probation process. 

 

Lourdes is the current President of Eastside Latino Leadership Forum, an eastside non-profit organization that advocates for Latinos in a variety of issues.  Through this organization, she helped develop the first Hispanic-Latino Heritage Celebration in Bellevue—now an annual event.  In partnership  with the Bellevue School District she helped develop the Annual Latino Youth Conference, IMPULSO (a Latino parent leadership group), and ConeVyt—an internet “education gateway” sponsored by Mexico  for both youth and adults. 

 

Lourdes currently serves on the Seattle Police Latino Advisory Committee, the Girl Scouts Latina Initiative, and the Overlake School Diversity Committee.  She is a member of the Hispanic Legislative Day Committee, as well as incoming Co-President of MUJERES del NW.  She also volunteers as a religious educator at St. James Cathedral in Seattle.