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Lola-Smallwood Cuevas is a current California State Senator.[1][2][3][4] She works to get rid of employment discrimination.[2]She tries to make equal jobs for immigrants.[3] Smallwood-Cuevas is a project director at UCLA Labor Center.[1][3][4] She helped black communities in the pandemic through employment struggles.[4] She is also very passionate about affordable healthcare and education funding.[3]
Family and Early Life
[change | change source]Smallwood-Cuevas was raised in a single parent household.[1][5] Her mother moved with her to California when she was young, in search of better jobs and schools.[1][2][3][5][6] Her mom is also a hardworking nurse.[1][2][3][5][6] Smallwood-Cuevas graduated from California State University at Hayward.[1][2][3][4][5][6] She now has one daughter and one son, along with a husband.[6]
Early Career
[change | change source]Smallwood-Cuevas started as a journalist for the Newspaper Guild.[1][2] She reported on the lives of working families.[1][2] She then worked as a researcher for United Service Workers West.[2] Smallwood-Cuevas co-founded the LA Black Worker Center.[1][2][3][5][6] She also works with the Center for the Advancement of Racial Equity at Work at UCLA.[3]
California State Senate
[change | change source]Smallwood Cuevas was elected a California State Senator on December 5th, 2022.[4] She is part of the democratic party. She represents district 28 in Los Angeles California. She got 99,479 votes out of 140,996 total votes.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 "Biography". California Senate District 28. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 "Lola Smallwood-Cuevas for State Senate District 28 - Lola Smallwood-Cuevas for Senate". 2022-02-02. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 "Lola Smallwood-Cuevas". Womens Political Committee. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "Lola Smallwood-Cuevas". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 "Lola Smallwood-Cuevas for State Senate District 28 - Lola Smallwood-Cuevas for Senate". 2022-02-02. Retrieved 2023-01-17.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 "Smallwood-Cuevas Dominates in Race for California State Senate". Los Angeles Sentinel. 2022-05-26. Retrieved 2023-01-17.