Jimmy Gomez is an educator, renters’ advocate, and former union organizer. He began his public service as soon as he graduated, as an organizer fighting for working families with AFSCME CA and later as an advocate for front-line nurses with the United Nurses Association of California (UNAC/UHCP). He then ran a grassroots campaign to earn a seat as one of the youngest members of the California State Assembly, where he championed paid family leave, environmental justice, and a woman’s right to choose. Representative Gomez was elected to Congress in 2017, where he stood up to Donald Trump’s relentless attacks on immigrants, education, health care, civil rights, and the environment.

He is an environmental champion who received the Green Leadership Award for bold environmental leadership from Green California, a coalition of over 100 environmental organizations; and he has been endorsed by the Sierra Club. As a member of Congress, Representative Gomez serves on the influential ways and means committee as well as the permanent select committee on intelligence. He is also Founder and Chair of the Congressional Dads Caucus, focused on working family issues, and the Congressional Renters Caucus.