• Arlene Quiñones Perez, Partner | Decotiis Law Firm


    Ancestry: Puerto Rico
    Residence: Grew up and currently resides in New Jersey
    What You Should Know:
    Arlene Quiñones Perez is also president of the Hispanic Bar Association–New Jersey. She is both the first woman and the first Latina to be appointed as chairwoman to the Hunterdon County Democratic Committee.  Additionally, Perez was elected councilwoman in the town of Clinton, becoming the only Latina official in conservative and Republican-dominated Hunterdon County. (My Central Jersey)





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    1. [Sherman, Erik. “For Latinas, the Lifetime Gender Wage Gap Is More Than $1 Million.” Fortune, 4 Apr. 2016, fortune.com/2016/04/04/latina-wage-gap-1-million/.]↩ 2. [Obando, Andrea. “Tackling the Latina Wage Gap.” Equal Rights Advocates, 1 Nov. 2016, www.equalrights.org/tackling-latina-wage-gap/.]↩ 3. [Vogtman, Julie, et al. “Fair Pay for Latinas Requires a Fair Minimum Wage.” NCLR, National Women's Law Center, July 2015.]↩ 4. [Kelly, Mary Louise. “Why Latina Women Are Earning Significantly Less Than White Men.” NPR, NPR, 16 Oct. 2016, www.npr.org/2016/10/16/498135745/why-latina-women-are-earning-significantly-less-than-white-men.]↩ 5. [Fisher, Milia. “Women of Color and the Gender Wage Gap.” Center for American Progress, 14 Apr. 2015, www.americanprogress.org/issues/women/reports/2015/04/14/110962/women-of-color-and-the-gender-wage-gap/.]↩


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