

Rep. Luz Rivas is an engineer, educator and public servant from the San Fernando Valley. After graduating with a Bachelors of Science from MIT and a Masters in Education from Harvard she founded DIY (Do It Yourself) Girls, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping girls become interested in science and engineering. She was elected to the House of Representatives in 2025 and previously, she served in the California State Assembly for six years and as a non-profit founder. In the House, she was elected to serve as the Freshman Leadership Representative in the Democratic Leadership. Rivas voted “no” on the 2026 Massie Amendment to end all aid to Israel. Rivas has said that antisemitism has no place in our committees and that she stands with the Jewish community and condemning antisemitism, bigotry, and hatred.