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Sister Norma Pimentel

Executive Director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley; Champion for Immigrants

Executive Director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley; Champion for Immigrants

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San Juan, TX, USA
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Sister Norma Pimentel Biography

Norma Pimentel is a Sister with the Missionaries of Jesus. As Executive Director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley for a decade, she oversees the charitable arm of the Diocese of Brownsville, providing oversight of the different ministries & services in the areas of the Rio Grande Valley through emergency assistance, homelessness prevention, disaster relief, clinical counseling, pregnancy care, food programs, and the Humanitarian Respite Center. Sister Norma, herself the daughter of Mexican immigrants, is a champion of and voice for immigrants.

Sister Norma chairs the local Emergency Food and Shelter Program that distributes federal funds to local agencies providing assistance to the area’s poor. She also serves as Co-Vicar of Religious, organizing different events for religious in the Diocese of Brownsville.

In January 2015, Sister Norma received the Martin Luther King, Jr. “Keep the Dream Alive” Award from Catholic Charities USA and awards from the University of Texas-Pan American, the Texas Medical Association, and was nominated for “Texan of the Year.” Also, that same month she testified before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on the “State of Civil Rights in Immigration Detention Facilities.” In March 2015, she spoke on “Women Upholding Human Dignity” at the United Nations. Most recently, Sister Norma was recognized and awarded the 2015 Rio Grande Valley’s “Citizen of the Year” for her advocacy for the hundreds of immigrant/refugee families and individuals who make their way to the Respite Center every day fleeing the violence of their homelands and seeking a better life.

Previously, Sister Norma was one of the leaders directing Casa Oscar Romero -- a shelter for Central Americans fleeing their war-torn countries. The shelter provided emergency relief and temporary housing for a vast amount of refugees.

Pimentel is included in Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2020.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 05/28/2024.

Sister Norma Pimentel Videos

  • Restoring human dignity at the US southern border | Norma Pimentel
    After seeing the conditions in which children were held at a detention center on the US-Mexico border, Sister Norma Pimentel established a...
  • What would solve the crisis on the border? A conversation with Sr ...
    Sister Norma Pimentel is the executive director of Catholic Charities in the Rio Grande Valley and spends her days working and caring for migrants...
  • Notre Dame Commencement 2018: Sr. Norma Pimentel M.J.'s ...
    Sister Normal Pimentel, M.J., speaks after receiving the 2018 Laetare Medal, the oldest and most prestigious honor given to American Catholics at...

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