the Sewall–Belmont House and Museum, a historic center commemorating women's suffrage, and Martha's Table, a nonprofit that assists the less fortunate to better themselves through volunteer activities. In 2003, Cabral was named Director of the Center for Latino Initiatives at the Smithsonian Institution. While at the center, she led a pan-institutional effort to improve Latino representation in exhibits and public programming among the Institution's 19 museums, five research centers, and the National Zoo. Cabral was nominated for the post of U.S. Treasurer by President Bush on July 22, 2004, and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on November 20. U.S. Treasurer Cabral was sworn in on January 19, 2005, becoming the highest-ranking Latina in the Bush Administration and ending a seventeen-month vacancy in the office brought about by the resignation of Rosario Marin. John W. Snow, the Secretary of the Treasury, presided over the ceremony together with Senator Orrin G. Hatch, which was also attended by Alberto Gonzales, the chief White House Counsel who had just been nominated as the first Hispanic Attorney General. The first currency with Cabral's signature was printed in April the same year. While Treasurer, Cabral oversaw the latest infusion of new currency designed to defeat counterfeiting efforts. She also served during the Hurricane Katrina incident along the southern coast. In the wake of the disaster, Cabral dedicated much of her time in developing methods to help people affected in rebuilding and managing their financial well-being. She also provided advice and counsel to the Treasury Department in its efforts to provide economic assistance to devastated areas. Despite a heavy work schedule and numerous speaking engagements, Cabral returned to school in order to obtain her Juris Doctor. She was inspired in this move by her mother, who returned to school at age 52 to get her high school diploma. In 2003, she began taking night courses at the Arlington campus of the George Mason University School of Law. In her second year, her daughter Catalina was a fellow George Mason graduate student. Cabral's expertise in financial education was also tapped by the Treasury Department. In 2007, she was named by Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson as his representative to the Community Development Advisory Board. The Board's purpose is to advise the department on the use of funds, tax credits, and investment capital in distressed communities across the nation. In June of that year, Cabral co-hosted the Pathways to