A Representative from California. Born in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles County, Calif. , June 12, 1941. Graduated from Ramona Convent Secondary School, Alhambra, Calif. , 1959. B. A. , California State University, Los Angeles, Calif. , 1965. Community relations and nonprofit executive. Member of the California state assembly, 1987-1992. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Third and to the fourteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1993-January 3, 2023). Was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress in 2022.