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Ortiz, Latino community liaison for Wright State University, said he will keep the governor informed of all issues affecting Latinos, and efforts to create jobs around the state for Latinos and all Ohioans.
“It’s a nice honor,” Ortiz said “I like helping people so basically it’s a position to better help people.”
Ortiz, originally from Lorain and studied at Bowling Green State University, said his main goal as commissioner will be to connect as many people with many resources.
The top issues he will address are education and jobs, then health care, he said. Ortiz has been a teacher for 35 years, including teaching at Wright State. He began teaching Spanish at Lorain’s Clearview High School.
“This gives me an opportunity at a state level to do more,” Ortiz said.
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