Maria L. Salazar y Trujillo

Women of Charity » Community

Lifelong advocate of foster children who personally mothered nearly 100 children, including some with severe behavioral problems, from the early 1950s until her death in 1987. Trujillo not only devoted her life to foster children, she also recruited other foster mothers. Trujillo was an active member of the Catholic Women’s League and the Third Order of St. Francis. She was also involved in the early organization of La Morena Café, which provides food, fellowship, and job training to vulnerable citizens as well as funding for other outreach programs.