Biography:
— Representative from California.
— Born in Lima, Peru, December 2, 1977.
— Graduated from Covina High School, Covina, Calif., 1995.
— B.A. California State University, Long Beach, Calif., 2002.
— M.A., University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif., 2005.
— Ed.D., California State University, Long Beach, Calif., 2010.
— Lecturer.
— Communications director, Long Beach City College, Long Beach, Calif., 2007-2012.
— Newspaper publisher.
— Adjunct faculty, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif.
— Staff, Long Beach, Calif., city councilmember Frank Colonna.
— Member of the Long Beach, Calif., city council, 2009-2014.
— Vice mayor of Long Beach, Calif., 2012-2014.
— Mayor of Long Beach, Calif., 2014-2022.
— Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Eighteenth and to the succeeding Congress (January 3, 2023-present).