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Cabral: CUs Create Brighter Future

DALLAS -- U.S. Treasurer Anna Escobedo Cabral pulled from her own personal experiences of growing up in a low-income farming family to advise credit unions on ways to serve the low-income and underserved.

By Lindsey Siegriest | Updated on June 17, 2008

DALLAS — U.S. Treasurer Anna Escobedo Cabral pulled from her own personal experiences of growing up in a low-income farming family to advise credit unions on ways to serve the low-income and underserved.

“These people don’t understand they have a bit more power in their hands,” Cabral told attendees of the 34th Annual Serving the Underserved and 5th Annual Latino Credit Union Conference. “When my family was having difficulties growing up and someone came knocking at the door we’d ignore them until times were better. It’s not unusual that they will hide their head in the sand if they’re having difficulties.”

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