Regional Leadership

Robert Cross is Spaniard and Cuban on his mother’s side. He started his career in public service, working in local ministries that provided educational assistance to k-12 students in San Bernardino County and low-income assistance to disabled people, veterans, and refugees. He has been published in Borgen Project Magazine and Borgen Project Blog, Collaborator, Medium, and the Classy Libertarian. Robert earned a master’s degree in Public Policy and International Affairs from Liberty University and a bachelor’s degree in History from the California State University of San Bernardino.

Born in Bogotá, Colombia, Monica Yelin is a lifelong conservative and passionate supporter of the Republican Platform. Eager to explore new opportunities, Monica immigrated to the United States in 1998 with a J-1 Work Visa, coupled with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and unbridled ambition. Since then, Monica received her Master’s degree in International Relations and Political Science, currently serves as one of the commissioners for Preventing Domestic Violence in AZ, is a Member at Large for the Maricopa County GOP and is the former Director of Strategic Initiatives for the AZ Republican Party. Her views do not reflect the opinions of her employers.

Mr. Albino is Puerto Rican. He began his journalistic career as a writer and columnist for the international digital newspaper PanAm Post where he also worked as a Translations Manager. A supporter of fiscal conservatism, a small government with low taxes, and the constitutional right to bear arms. He went to college at George Mason University in Virginia and King University in Tennessee where he studied for a career in Health Administration. In Virginia, he volunteered for Robert Sarvis’s libertarian campaign for Governor in the 2013 Virginia gubernatorial elections. He is currently a political analyst on Accion 97.9 FM of iHeart Media Orlando. He also has his podcast The Nelson Albino Report and shares his writings through his Facebook page Nelson R. Albino, his Instagram nelson.r.albino, and his Twitter @nalbinojr.