Wilmer Amina Carter

• Biography:

  Assembly Member Wilmer Amina Carter was elected to the Assembly in 2006 to represent the 62nd District, which includes the cities of Rialto, Colton, portions of the cities of San Bernardino, Fontana, and the communities of Muscoy and Bloomington.

  Assembly Member Carter’s legislative focus includes job creation, education, and transportation.

  Before being elected to the Assembly, she was elected to the Rialto Unified School District Board of Education in 1983, and was re-elected in 1987, 1991, and 1995. She was a staff member to late Congressman George Brown from 1973 to 1999, including her position as his district director.

  Assembly Member Carter has dedicated her entire adult life to public service. After she retired from the Rialto School Board, the board members recognized her for her many contributions to the community by voting to name Rialto’s newest comprehensive high school the Wilmer Amina Carter High School. Carter High School is the first high school in the Inland Empire named after a living African American woman.

  Assembly Member Carter graduated from San Bernardino High School, attended San Bernardino Valley College, and earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from California State University at San Bernardino. She lives in Rialto with her husband, Ratibu Jacocks. They have three adult children.