Featured: State Senator Gloria Romero


California State Senator Gloria Romero joined us in celebrating our Scholarship awardees and honorees at our Annual Gala dinner.

California State Senator Gloria Romero was elected to the 24th Senate District in 2001, representing East Los Angeles and the greater San Gabriel Valley. She served as a member of the powerful Senate Rules Committee immediately upon her election and was subsequently elected as Democratic Caucus Chair. Soon after, she was elected as Majority Leader—the first and only woman to ever hold that leadership position in the history of the California State Senate.

Senator Romero currently serves as Chair of the Education Committee, the first person of minority descent to do so. She also chairs the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee on Education, making her one of the most influential voices on education policy in California. Senator Romero believes that education is the civil rights issue of our time. She emphasizes that California cannot fully compete in the 21st century economy if we fail to close the achievement gap and create an educational system that fosters success for all students.

Senator Romero has also chaired the Senate Public Safety Committee and convened the Senate Select Committee on the California Correctional System. She soon became a leading voice for the reform and overhaul of California’s prison system. She conducted numerous oversight hearings on abuse and violence in California’s prisons and in 2005 authored landmark legislation reorganizing the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.




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