
Julissa de Gonzalez
Empower Committee Chair
Julissa de Gonzalez serves as Director of Legislation and Policy for the Department of Pesticide Regulation. Julissa is a passionate public servant with experience at the state and federal level. She is currently an MBA candidate at the University of California, Davis and also serves as Board Member of the Sacramento Latina Leaders Network. Born to immigrant parents and a first generation college student, Julissa graduated from the University of California, Davis in Political Science with minors in Latin American and Hemispheric Studies, and Chicana/o Studies. During her time at UC Davis, Julissa studied abroad in Argentina, Chile and Cuba which further ingrained her love of travel and learning from others' lived experiences.
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