Tony Mendoza

• Biography:

  Assemblyman Tony Mendoza represents the 56th Assembly District. The district includes the cities of Artesia, Cerritos, Hawaiian Gardens, Norwalk, Buena Park, Santa Fe Springs, South Whittier and parts of Lakewood and Whittier.

  Mendoza’s legislative priorities include education and transportation issues. He plans to fight for greater local control for teachers as it pertains to classroom curriculum. Moreover, he would like to see additional funding for local transportation needs.

  Before coming to the Assembly, Mendoza was a fourth grade teacher at Brooklyn Avenue Elementary School in East Los Angeles, serving as a role model for children facing many of the challenges he faced as a youth. Growing up in South Central Los Angeles, Mendoza is the first in his family of nine children to graduate from college. He received a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from California State University, Long Beach.

  Mendoza was active in United Teachers Los Angeles, where he served on the Board of Directors and as a representative to the California Teachers Association and the National Education Association. In his leadership role he fought for equal resources for all school districts.

  He and his wife Leticia live in Artesia and have three daughters.