doi:10.7916/hzs2-ey10Oral history interview with Rosa "Rosie" G. Rios, 2022Rios, Rosa Gumataotao, 1965-oral historiesmixed materialPresidents--United StatesGlobal Financial Crisis, 2008-2009--United StatesWomen on bank notes--United StatesPortraits on bank notes--United StatesPaper money design--United StatesRios, Rosa Gumataotao, 1965-Obama, BarackUnited States. Office of the TreasurerUnited StatesUnited States. Federal Reserve BoardCirculating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020Rosa "Rosie" G. Rios discusses her work on the Treasury/Federal Reserve transition team of the Obama transition project, and reflects on her service as treasurer of the United States throughout all eight years of the Obama presidency. Rios recounts the scope and panic of the financial crisis in 2008 and 2009, and remembers the transition team's work on major macroeconomic issues including job loss and unemployment, housing access and affordability, and small business lending and credit availability. Rios focuses on her efforts to celebrate historical American women, and she tells stories of her campaign to include portraits of women on U.S. currency for the first time. She describes the development of her interest in representation on currency, explains the processes by which Federal Reserve notes and coins are designed and updated, and shares details of her travels around the country to solicit input and feedback from the public about the redesign process. Also discussed are Rios' involvement in major Latino voter registration drives in Virginia for the Obama 2008 campaign; her effort to expand the portfolio of U.S. treasurer; generational changes in thinking about issues of gender, race, and identity; and the passage of The Circulating Collectible Coin Redesign Act of 2020