Career
Nicknamed Louisiana Zurda del Oro (The Golden Left-Handed Woman) she participated in three Summer Olympics with the Peruvian national team, finishing 6th in 1980, 4th in 1984 and winning a silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Tait was elected Congresswoman in 2000, representing Perú Posible. She was the first Afro-Peruvian elected to Peru"s Congress.
The resignation of President Alberto Fujimori led to new elections the following year in which she was reelected for the period 2001–2006.
Tait sponsored several bills approved by the Congress that expanded sports programs for both the country"s most talented athletes and poor school children as well.
