nationality prior_term birth_date residence term_end alma_mater term_start image name occupation predecessor birth_place party office district successor religion state_assembly article_title
american 57th district -lrb- 2010 -- 2012 -rrb- 29 july 1975 west covina , california december 1 , 2009 december 6 , 2010 university of california , riverside university of la verne december 18 , 2003 6 , 2010 november 18 , 2008 march thumb roger hernández professor , rio hondo community college ed hernandez sherri lane mike touhey el monte , california democratic mayor councillor of west covina , california west covina city 48th shelley sanderson karin armbrust roman catholic california roger hernandez

roger hernandez

roger hernández is an american politician currently serving in the california state assembly .
he is a democrat representing the 48th district , encompassing parts of the san gabriel valley in los angeles county .
prior to being elected to the state assembly , he was the mayor of west covina , a member of the west covina city council , and professor of government at rio hondo and citrus community colleges .
prior to his tenure on the city council , hernández was elected to the rowland unified school board where he served from november 1999 through july 2003 .
hernández has a degree in political science from the university of california , riverside , a master 's degree in public administration from the university of la verne and a master 's in governance certificate from the california school boards association -lrb- csba -rrb- .
hernandez married baldwin park councilwoman susan rubio on june 15 , 2013 , which forced him to leave immediately after passing the state budget , since state law requires a budget be passed by june 15 .
