Isolina Marono

Biography

Isolina Maroño is a City of Sweetwater interim commissioner. She was nominated by Commissioner Orlando Lopez January 2012 after the passing of the commission president. She will remain in the seat until group four commission seat elections, May 2013.

 Isolina moved to the United States in 1967 from Santa Clara, Cuba. In Cuba, Isolina studied meteorology but left the island country in her sophomore year to seek a better life with her parents and two younger brothers.

 With ill parents, Isolina became the head of the household while her younger siblings attended school. In 1971, Isolina met her husband who she is still married to today. They moved to Sweetwater soon after and had a son, Manny Maroño, who is now serving his third term as mayor of Sweetwater.

Isolina and her parents owned a grocery store in Sweetwater for many years and Isolina also worked as the assistant supervisor in a local electronics shop. Longtime Sweetwater residents know her for charitable work that includes collecting money to help needy families buy groceries and find transportation. She has been heavily active in the American Cancer Society and has also worked with various non-profit organizations to help those with economic hardships get medical attention.

 Isolina has been at the forefront of hurricane relief efforts in Sweetwater by coordinating the distribution of sandbags, water and food to area residents. She also has longtime ties to various non-profits that help bring resident needed services.