biracial

Without much fear of contradiction, Mark Paredes observes, \”I think I\’m the only biracial Mormon representing the state of Israel abroad.\”\n\nParedes, a personable bachelor in his early 30s, appointed earlier this year as press attaché at the Consulate General of Israel in Los Angeles, has other claims to distinction.\n\nHe speaks seven languages fluently (English, Italian, Russian, Hebrew, Spanish, French and Portuguese), served as a U.S. foreign service officer in Mexico and Tel Aviv, and studied at Brigham Young University, University of Texas and the Moscow University of Steel and Alloys.