Janeth Vasquez’s journey is a common story in southwest Kansas. Her parents immigrated to Kansas from Mexico in the 1980s, seeking a better life for their baby daughter in the growing Hispanic community that rose up around Liberal’s meatpacking plant. But what Vasquez accomplished when she became the first Latina ever elected to office in Kansas’ most Hispanic city was anything but common. “I feel like there’s no representation for us,” Vasquez said. “Latinos account for the largest portion of our population. … But at the end of the day, the largest demographic of people that have the power in town are not the Hispanics.”
Source: GC Telegram
