Romana Acosta Bañuelos Politician

Romana Acosta Bañuelos (born March 20, 1925) was the thirty-fourth Treasurer of the United States. Appointed by President Richard Nixon on September 20, 1971, she served from December 17, 1971 to February 14, 1974.Born into a poor family of Mexican-Americans, Acosta became the first Hispanic treasurer of the United States (1971–1974) and owner of a multimillion-dollar business, Ramona's Mexican Food Products, Inc. headquartered in Gardena, California.