The California Senate Rules Committee is making history today by appointing the first undocumented immigrant to a statewide post.
Senate President pro tempore Kevin de León announced the appointment of Lizbeth Mateo, a 33-year-old attorney, to a statewide post on Wednesday.
Attorney and immigrant rights activist, Lizbeth Mateo, is set to serve on the California Student Opportunity and Access Program Project Grant Advisory Committee which advises the California Student Aid Commission on increasing college access for low-income students.
"While Donald Trump fixates on walls, California will continue to concentrate on opportunities," de León said in a news release. "Ms. Mateo is a courageous, determined and intelligent young woman who at great personal risk has dedicated herself to fight for those seeking their rightful place in this country."
Mateo graduated from Santa Clara University Law School in 2016 and passed the California bar in 2017. She was brought to the U.S. by her parents from Oaxaca, Mexico when she was only fourteen years old according to de León's office.
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