Oscar De Los Santos
Member of the Arizona House of Representatives
from the 11th district
Assumed office
January 9, 2023
Serving with Marcelino Quiñonez
Preceded byMark Finchem
Personal details
Political partyDemocratic
Residence(s)Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Southern California

Oscar De Los Santos is an American politician. He is a Democratic member of the Arizona House of Representatives elected to represent District 11 in 2022.[1]

Life

De Los Santos was born in Los Angeles to Gregorio and María Dolores.[2] They were immigrants from Tenamaxtlán.[2] In 2012, he was the youngest Florida field organizer for the Obama campaign.[3] In 2015, he completed a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Southern California where he graduated magna cum laude and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa.[2] He was a Truman scholar. From 2015 to 2016, he taught English and social studies to sixth graders at Champion South Mountain School in Phoenix, Arizona.[3] He interned for the National Economic Council and the U.S. House Of Representatives.[3] De Los Santos was a lobbyist and head of public policy for the Association of Arizona Food Banks.[2][3]

As a Rhodes Scholar, he completed a master's in public policy from the University of Oxford in 2018. He earned a master's degree in Christian social ethics from the Union Theological Seminary in 2020.[2] He is a J.D. student at Yale Law School and received a The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans in 2022.[2]

During the 2022 Arizona House of Representatives election, De Los Santos was elected to represent District 11.[1] He is the first out LGBT person to represent District 11.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Atwood, Michelle (2022-10-27). "From Arizona to Texas to North Carolina: Getting out the LGBTQ vote". LGBTQ Victory Fund. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Meet the Fellows | Oscar De Los Santos". www.pdsoros.org. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Oscar De Los Santos - Rhodes Trust". Rhodes House - Home of The Rhodes Scholarships. Retrieved 2023-01-08.
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