Angelica Rubio | |
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Member of the New Mexico House of Representatives from the 35th district | |
Assumed office January 1, 2017 | |
Preceded by | Jeff Steinborn |
Personal details | |
Born | Lake Arthur, New Mexico, U.S. | May 30, 1979
Political party | Democratic |
Angelica Rubio (born May 30, 1979) is an American politician who has served in the New Mexico House of Representatives from the 35th district since 2017. [1] [2]
Rubio was born and raised in New Mexico by immigrant parents. She earned her undergraduate degree in Government at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, before getting a master's degree in Latin American Studies from California State University in Los Angeles. [3] [4] [5] Rubio cites Dolores Huerta as an inspiration in how she opened doors for Latina elected officials. [6]
Rubio has worked in Las Cruces on issues such as minimum wage, a City Council campaign for Kasandra Gandara, and the designation of an Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument. [7] Rubio is the chair of the interim committee on Radioactive & Hazardous Materials. [8] She has spoken against the Trump Border Wall, such as voting against allowing New Mexico state land to be used for its construction. [9] Additionally, she introduced the approved House Bill 388, the gender-neutral bathroom bill, requiring New Mexico businesses and public facilities to label single-stall restrooms as gender neutral. [10]