Susan Rubio is an American politician serving in the California State Senate. A Democrat, she represents the 22nd Senate District in eastern Los Angeles County. Rubio was elected in 2018 to succeed Senator Ed Hernandez, who was term-limited out. Prior to being elected, she was a local councilwoman for nine years and a public school teacher for 17 years. She is Chair of the Senate Insurance Committee and is also a Senate Select Committee Member of the Governor's 2019 Report: Wildfires and Climate Change.
Early life and education
Rubio was born in Juarez, Mexico and is the daughter of immigrant parents. Rubio's father moved the family to a little town in Texas where they lived undocumented for about two years. She and her family were deported to Juarez in 1975 and returned to the US several years later again as undocumented immigrants in Los Angeles. She became a U.S. citizen in 1994 after being sponsored by her youngest sister, Sylvia, who was born in El Paso. Rubio attended East Los Angeles College and earned a master's degree in Education from Azusa Pacific University.
Rubio represents the 22nd Senate district in eastern Los Angeles County, winning election in 2018 against former California State AssemblymanMike Eng. She is Chair of the Senate Insurance Committee and Committee Member of Energy, Utilities, Communications; Health; Transportation; and Governmental Organization. She is also a Senate Select Committee Member of the Governor's 2019 Report: Wildfires and Climate Change - California's Energy Future and Asian Pacific Islander Affairs. She is a Member of the Latino Legislative Caucus, Legislative Jewish Caucus, Los Angeles Caucus, San Gabriel Valley Caucus and Legislative Women's Caucus. In February 2019, Rubio introduced SB 273, a bill intended to help victims of domestic violence by lengthening the state of limitations from 3 to 10 years in certain cases and requiring additional police training on dealing with such cases.
Rubio resides in Baldwin Park, California. Her ex-husband is former Assemblyman Roger Hernández, whom she divorced in 2016 after winning a restraining order due to allegations of several domestic violence incidents during their marriage, including "pushing, shoving, and choking" her. Her sister is California State Assemblywoman Blanca Rubio.
