MARIANNA MAGUIRE – Biography – Hispanic Conservatives of Montgomery County

About Me

I was born on July 19, 1975, in Managua, Nicaragua. It was a particularly unstable and unsafe time as Nicaragua was in the midst of a Marxist revolution that would eventually take over the country. We left Nicaragua in 1979 to remake our lives in the greatest country in the world, the United States of America, and never looked back.

America truly is the land of the free because of the brave. As has been proven time and again, Americans are willing to lay down their lives to keep it so.

My family has served in the U.S. military for three generations – my grandfather in WWII, father in Vietnam, brother, cousins, second cousins, etc., in the 2000s and beyond. I am certain there are more to come.

My grandfather and father lived for some time in the United States and returned to their ancestral land of Nicaragua where their homes, lands, businesses, and family awaited.

When Daniel Ortega and his Sandinista revolutionaries claimed the country in 1979, my grandfather and father – both U.S. Citizens along with their children and spouses – left Nicaragua for the United States. As is the case under dictatorships, the Sandinistas made sure that those who left country had nothing to come back to. All assets were confiscated.

What was it like growing up in America as an immigrant?

Growing up in America was not easy, I’m not going to lie. But we have never felt like victims of American society or any social system. America is the Land of Opportunity. The American Dream is attainable because of her freedom. But we are losing that!

My family faced the same assimilation challenges that many immigrants do when adopting a new country: 1) language barrier (though not my father/grandfather), 2) new norms and way of life, 3) advanced degrees and professional certifications (bachelor’s/master’s degrees, medical, legal or other) that did not carry over from Nicaragua, and 4) securing a comparable job in the United States with little to no work history in America. These obstacles, along with the treatment by those who saw Hispanics as outsiders – other kids included – did not make for an easy experience. We accepted and welcomed the challenges with pride, knowing well that this is a timeless initiation faced by all immigrants, no matter their story.

We doubled-down on the challenges, raised the stakes, and flourished! Only in America can you come from absolutely nothing and remake yourself into whatever you want it to be. But you must want it!

What were the most important values instilled in you?

Hispanics are conservative, traditional, and a community that is deeply grounded in our Christian faith. We take great pride in being Americans and in our contributions to building this country.

My family never got lost in the rabbit hole of government dependency. Like many before us, my father and grandfather made significant sacrifices for their families and earned their successes through hard work. They held multiple jobs, at the expense of their time, energy, and health, and ensured our needs were met, never a burden on society. They were grounded by faith and knew that our natural rights came from a higher power, not on man’s whims. We learned to treasure freedom because it is fleeting.

I am my family’s legacy, and their sacrifices were not in vain.

Why did you get involved in the HCMC and what does it mean to you?

The Hispanic Conservatives of Montgomery County is an invaluable opportunity for our community to return to its core values – conservative values, American values – and effect change in our country.

Hispanics reject socialism, the ideology that enslaves citizens through a revolving door of dependency and victimhood and grants the state the opportunity to govern over us. We’ve had enough!

Our values are clear. Our voting power is well-known and respected (as it should be). We are millions strong, becoming better-informed citizens every day, capable of deciding elections, and we will defend our nation and ensure we remain free.