Full Name:
Cristina Garcia
Gender:
Female
Birth Date:
08/22/1977
Birth Place:
Bell Gardens, CA
Home City:
Bell Gardens, CA
Master's, Claremont Graduate University
Master's, University of California, Los Angeles
PhD, University of Southern California
BA, Math/Politics, Pomona College, 1999
Former Assistant Majority Floor Leader, California State Assembly
Assembly Member, California State Assembly, District 58, 2012-2022
Candidate, United States House of Representatives, California, District 42, 2022
Candidate, California State Assembly, District 58, 2020
Former Chair, Accountability and Administrative Review Committee, California State Assembly
Former Member, Governmental Organization Committee, California State Assembly
Former Member, Human Services Committee, California State Assembly
Former Chair, Joint Committee on Rules, California State Assembly
Former Chair, Joint Legislative Committee on Climate Change Policies, California State Assembly
Former Member, Judiciary Committee, California State Assembly
Former Chair, Natural Resources Committee, California State Assembly
Former Member, Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Committee, California State General Assembly
Former Member, Renewable Energy Development and Restoration of the Salton Sea Committee, California State Assembly
Former Member, Select Committee on California's Clean Energy Economy, California State Assembly
Former Member, Select Committee on California-Mexico Bi-National Affairs, California State Assembly
Former Member, Select Committee on Domestic Violence, California State Assembly
Former Member, Select Committee on Uplifting Girls and Women of Color in California, California State Assembly
Former Member, Subcommittee 3 on Resources and Transportation, California State Assembly
Former Member, Utilities and Commerce Committee, California State Assembly
Former Member, Waste Reduction and Recycling in the 21st Century California Committee, California State Assembly
Former Member, Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee, California State General Assembly
Former Member, Women in the Workplace Committee, California State Assembly
Former Member, Workforce and Vocational Development Committee, California State Assembly
Former Teacher, Huntington Park High School
Former Teacher, Jaime Escalante Program, East Los Angeles Community College
Former Professor, Mathematics, Los Angeles City Community College
Former Professor, Statistics, University of Southern California
Founder, Young Legislator's Program, 2013-present
Member, Commission on the Status of Women and Girls, present
Co-Founder, Bell Association to Stop the Abuse
Founder, Fellows in Government
Awards:
California Forward Thinkers Award
Distinguished Woman of the Year Award, California State Assembly
Spirit of Latina Award, Latino Journal & CAFÉ de California