Kevin de Leon

• Biography:

  Assemblyman Kevin de León was elected to serve the 45th Assembly District in November of 2006. The district includes East Hollywood, Echo Park, Elysian Valley, Mt. Washington, Lincoln Hieghts and portions of Los Angeles.

  Assemblyman de León has spent a lifetime fighting to empower working families and the poor – as a community organizer, English as a Second Language and U.S. Citizenship teacher and an advocate for public schools. During his five years at the California Teachers Association, de Leon fought for more funding for “high-priority schools” in low-income neighborhoods, more school construction, and health insurance for children.

  As a Senior Associate for the National Education Association in Washington, D.C., de Leon advocated for more resources for schools in low-income neighborhoods. He also coordinated a team that fought schemes to take funds from public schools in the form of taxpayer-funded vouchers. He thwarted efforts to impose academic censorship on public school teachers.

  Assemblyman de León grew up in the San Diego barrio of Logan Heights. He was the first in his family to graduate from high school. He attended U.C. Santa Barbara and graduated from Pitzer College at the Claremont Colleges with Honors. He has one daughter.