Blanca Vargas is the third Latina to serve as a Trustee, appointed to the office on March 22, 2022 filling the vacancy created by the passing on January 7, 2022 of former Trustee Larry Banks.

Ms. Vargas who has two daughters, Sarah and Bianca, first began her activism in 1972 working as a Hispanic liaison for former Governor Dan Walker and later for Governor Pat Quinn.

She was the first Hispanic woman to be elected to the position of Democratic Committee person in 2018, a position she stepped down from to assume her seat on the Town Board.

Vargas also has worked with LULAC, The League of United Latin American Citizens, and in 2021 served as a Hispanic Liaison for the Town of Cicero until her appointment.

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