Kevin De Leon

A member of the Democratic Party, from Los Angeles. Senator de León is the son of an immigrant mother who supported her family in the San Diego barrio of Logan Heights with housekeeping and other pick-up jobs. He was the first in his family to graduate from high school. He attended U.C. Santa Barbara and graduated from Pitzer College at the Claremont Colleges with honors. He is a Rodel Fellow at the Aspen Institute and a guest lecturer at the University of Southern California. He has one daughter. Before entering into politics, Senator de León served the public as a community organizer, taught English as a Second Language and U.S. Citizenship, and advocated for public schools.