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Biography
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.
Early life and education
De Los Santos was born in Los Angeles to Gregorio and María Dolores, both immigrants from Tenamaxtlán. In 2015, De Los Santos completed a Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of Southern California, where he graduated magna cum laude and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. He was also a Truman scholar.
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. He is a Juris Doctor student at Yale Law School and received a Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans in 2022.
Career
In 2012, De Los Santos was the youngest Florida field organizer for the Obama campaign. From 2015 to 2016, he taught English and social studies to sixth graders at Champion South Mountain School in Phoenix, Arizona. He also interned for the National Economic Council and the U.S. House Of Representatives. De Los Santos was a lobbyist and head of public policy for the Association of Arizona Food Banks.
During the 2022 Arizona House of Representatives election, De Los Santos was elected to represent the 11th district. He is the first out LGBT person to represent the district.
