Eva Longoria's Next Role: Hispanic Activist In Washington

Eva Longoria's Next Role
IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR VERIZON WIRELESS - Verizon Wireless welcomes actress and Latino community leader Eva Longoria to the Fourth Annual Latino Entrepreneur of the Year Awards Gala in Long Beach, Calif' on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. Verizon Wireless continues to show their commitment to recognize and support Latino entrepreneurs and professionals such as Monica Gonzales, 2012 recipient of the Latino Entrepreneur of the Year Award. (Photo by Todd Williamson/Invision for Verizon Wireless/AP Images)
IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR VERIZON WIRELESS - Verizon Wireless welcomes actress and Latino community leader Eva Longoria to the Fourth Annual Latino Entrepreneur of the Year Awards Gala in Long Beach, Calif' on Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012. Verizon Wireless continues to show their commitment to recognize and support Latino entrepreneurs and professionals such as Monica Gonzales, 2012 recipient of the Latino Entrepreneur of the Year Award. (Photo by Todd Williamson/Invision for Verizon Wireless/AP Images)

When Barack Obama takes the presidential oath of office on Monday, he will be joined on the platform by Supreme Court justices, former presidents—and one of the "Desperate Housewives."

Actress Eva Longoria, the 37-year-old star of the hit television show and twice Maxim magazine's Hottest Woman of the Year, is taking on a challenging new role as a Hispanic activist and power player in Washington, D.C. One of her primary aims is to make the case that "Latinos aren't a drain on the economy or criminals crossing the border," she says. "Most are hardworking people who are America's emerging market."

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