Hilda Solis Essentials

18 December 2008 @ 07:07 pm EDT

President-elect Barack Obama's chose Democratic Rep. Hilda Solis of California to be labor secretary on Thursday. The following are quick facts on Solis:

BORN--10/20/57

HOMETOWN--El Monte, Calif.

EXPERIENCE--member, U.S. House of Representatives, 2000-present; California state senator, 1994-2000; California assemblywoman, 1992-1994; board member, Rio Hondo Community College Board of Trustees; budget analyst, Civil Rights Division of the Office of Personnel and Management; employed, Office of Hispanic Affairs at the White House.

EDUCATION--B.A., California State Polytechnic University Pomona; Master of Public Administration, University of Southern California.

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