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In Focus: Inspiring Women and Girls

Communications expert Dr. Lillian Glass talks about the gender bias facing women today, including high-profile female politicians, plus how the Rubio sisters hope their journey to Sacramento will inspire women and girls.

In Focus: Not College Material

How the Rubio sisters rose above being discouraged from going to college to make history as elected officials in the state legislature.

In Focus: From Mexican Border Town to California’s Capital

Meet Assemblywoman Blanca​ Rubio and State Senator Susan Rubio – the first sisters to serve in the California legislature. Follow their incredible journey from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, overcoming poverty and deportation to win positions of influence in state government.

Community Swearing-In Ceremony

You are cordially invited to join State officials and the Community-at-large for a reception and swearing-in ceremony to celebrate my election as State Senator, representing California’s 22nd District. 

Senators from California visit migrant caravan in Tijuana

Around 10 members representing different areas of the California Senate in the United States visited a shelter in the Mexican city of Tijuana that hosts a hundred Central Americans of the migrant caravan.

Recursos en el Valle de San Gabriel Relacionados con el Coronavirus

Este es un momento sin precedentes para nuestro estado y país.

Latinas from Los Angeles will be the first sisters in the California legislature

For the first time in the history of California, there will be two sisters in the state legislature, Blanca and Susan Rubio. They are Latinas, Mexican immigrants , residents of Baldwin Park in Los Angeles County, and teachers by profession.