Biography
Representative from California; born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., October 3, 1953; graduated from Hamilton High School, Los Angeles, Calif.; B.S., California State University, Dominguez Hills, Calif., 1990; P.A., University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif., 1982; M.S.W., University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif., 2015; physician's assistant; faculty, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif.; member of the California state assembly, 2005-2010, speaker, 2008-2010; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Twelfth and to the five succeeding Congresses until her resignation on December 9, 2022 (January 3, 2011-December 9, 2022); was not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Eighteenth Congress in 2022; Mayor of Los Angeles, Calif., 2022-present.Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
