PERSON: Linda Chavez

Linda Chavez is chairman of the Center for Equal Opportunity, a non-profit public policy research organization in Sterling, Va. Linda Chavez also writes a weekly syndicated column that appears in newspapers across the country, is a political analyst for FOX News Channel, and hosts a syndicated, daily radio show on Liberty Broadcasting. Chavez authored “Out of the Barrio: Toward a New Politics of Hispanic Assimilation” (Basic Books, 1991), which the Denver Post described as a book that “should explode the stereotypes about Hispanics that have clouded the minds of patronizing liberals and xenophobic conservatives alike.” National Review describes Linda Chavez’s newest work, “An Unlikely Conservative: The Transformation of an Ex-Liberal” (Basic Books 2002), as a “brilliant, provocative, and moving book.” In 2000, Linda Chavez was honored by the Library of Congress as a “Living Legend” for her contributions to America’s cultural and historical legacy. In January 2001, Linda Chavez was President George W. Bush’s nominee for Secretary of Labor until Linda Chavez withdrew her name from consideration.