Meet Susan

Senator Susan Rubio was elected to the California Legislature in 2018 and represents Senate District 22. Previously, she was a public school teacher for 17 years at Baldwin Park and Monrovia school districts and was an elected official for 13 years in the City of Baldwin Park.

The first Latina Chair of the Senate Insurance Committee, Senator Rubio is part of the Senate leadership team. She is also Chair of the Senate Select Committee on Domestic Violence. She is a Committee Member of Energy, Utilities, Communications; Health; Transportation; Governmental Organization; and Joint Committee on Rules. She has been Co-Chair of the Senate Wildfire Working group and a member of the Senate Housing Working Group.

Born in Juarez, Mexico, Senator Rubio is the proud daughter of a former bracero worker and housekeeper. She attended East Los Angeles College and earned a Master’s Degree in Education from Azusa Pacific University. She now lives in Baldwin Park, California.