Full Name:
Luz Maria Rivas
Gender:
Female
Birth Date:
02/06/1974
Birth Place:
Los Angeles, CA
Home City:
North Hollywood, CA
Ed.M, Technology in Education, Harvard University, 2002-2003
BS, Electrical Engineering, Massachusettes Institute of Technology, 1991-1995
Representative, United States House of Representatives, California, District 29, 2025-present
Assembly Member, California State Assembly, District 43, 2022-2024
Candidate, United States House of Representatives, California, District 29, 2024
Assembly Member, California State Assembly, District 39, 2018-2022
Candidate, California State Assembly, District 43, 2022
Former Member, Committee on Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy, California State Assembly
Former Member, Committee on Labor and Employment, California State Assembly
Former Chair, Select Committee on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Education, California State Assembly
Former Member, Select Committee on the State of Hate, California State Assembly
Former Chair, Special Committee on Legislative Ethics, California State Assembly
Former Member, Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Resources and Transportation, California State Assembly, 2021-2022
Former Member, Committee on Budget, California State Assembly, 2021-2022
Former Member, Committee on Health, California State Assembly, 2021-2022
Former Member, Committee on Local Government, California State Assembly, 2021-2022
Former Chairperson, Committee on Natural Resources, California State Assemby, 2021-2022
Former Member, Committee on Revenue and Taxation, California State Assembly, 2021-2022
Former Chairperson, Select Committee on the Non-Profit Sector, 2021-2022
Former Senior Fellow, Marshall Brittingham Social Enterprise Lab, University of Southern California (USC)
Former Service Learning Instructor, University of Southern California (USC)
Commissioner, Board of Public Works, City of Los Angeles, 2016-2017
Founder/Executive Director, DIY Girls, 2011-2016
Co-Founder, KitHub, 2014-2016
Director of Research and Corporate Partnerships, Iridescent, 2010-2013
Assistant Director, Diversity Center, California Institute of Technology, 2006-2010
Director, Academic Programs, Infrastructure Academy, 2010
Research Associate, Center for Children and Technology, Education Development Center, 2005-2006
Research Associate, American Museum of Natural History, 2003-2005
Program Associate, IT Resource Center (Now Lumity), 1998-2001
Electrical Engineer, Motorolla, 1995-1998
Former Member, Dean of Undergraduate Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Member, Girls Build Los Angeles Board, 2017-Present
Board Member, Massachusettes Institute of Technology Club of Southern California, 2011-2015
Champions Board Member, California Girls in STEM (CalGirls) Collaborative, 2014-Present