Last week, I was proud to share endorsements from local and statewide Filipino community leaders, and my Seafood City visit in Vallejo. On to Davis! This week, I joined former Davis Mayor Ruth Asmundson at a lunch with members of the Filipino community in Davis.
I spoke about my family’s American story and about how, after my grandparents emigrated to the United States, my grandmother led a group representing Filipino-Americans in Chicago in 1920, a time when it was extremely uncommon for women to hold positions like that.
In my career in public service, I have tried to follow her example, working to expand representation for the Filipino community, mobilizing an unprecedented nationwide bipartisan coalition of mayors to fight for passage of the Filipino Veterans Fairness Act, leading the groundbreaking White House celebration of Filipino American Heritage Month in 2016, and more.
I look forward to the opportunity to represent the Filipino community - and all of our diverse communities - in the State Senate.