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Rodrigo (Rigo) Vazquez is a Mexican immigrant raised in the city of South Gate, a suburb located southeast of Los Angeles. Rigo has an ingrained commitment to family, education and social justice grounded through his upbringing and his parents’ work ethic – throughout his youth, his father worked 12-hour days at a food processing plant and his mother worked the graveyard shift making telephone books.
Rigo is deeply involved in community activities and activism ranging from grassroots mobilization to politics. He is an active member of the LA Tenants Union, an organization founded on the belief that housing is a human right and that empowers and mobilizes tenants to protect their homes and communities. As part of his commitment to housing justice, Rigo supports efforts addressing homelessness, such as the #SheDoes movement in Los Angeles, which is a movement to provide bridge housing to homeless women. In addition, Rigo volunteers with Imagine LA as a permanent supportive housing mentor for families transitioning out of homelessness. On the political front, Rigo has served as the Legislative Director for one of the largest Democratic Party clubs in the Los Angeles area. Rigo believes that in addition to important community grassroots work, social and economic justice currently requires a transformation of our politics. As such, Rigo strongly supports progressive candidates and causes with platforms promoting healthcare as a human right, immigrant rights, living wages, equity in education, and environmental justice, among other important issues.
Rigo graduated from UC Berkeley with degrees in Economics and Rhetoric and received a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Rigo has an accounting background and is a practicing attorney specializing in media distribution.
Closest to his heart, Rigo is married and has two young daughters.