The representative of Zapotec origin Eufrosina Cruz became the first woman president of the Board of Directors in the history of the Oaxaca State Legislature. Between 2012 and 2015 she was a Federal Representative in the LXII Legislature of the Chamber of Deputies and during the same period she chaired the Indigenous Affairs Commission. She has dedicated her work to promoting and defending political rights in Mexico and has been recognized with the 2007 National Youth Award.