An East Los Angeles native, Rocio graduated from Brown University with a bachelor’s in international relations. Her internships with the County of Los Angeles and the U.S House of Representatives shifted her focus to domestic policies impacting underserved communities. Upon graduating, she worked at Lake Research Partners, a national political strategy research firm, as a Logistics Assistant and Junior Analyst. Rocio subsequently spent four years on Capitol Hill, serving as a policy aide to U.S. Senator Michael F. Bennet. Her policy work has centered on immigration, criminal justice reform, and civil rights issues. Rocio is an alumnus of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI) Internship, American University’s WeLead Women in Politics Institute Leadership Program, and the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS) Transatlantic Youth Leadership Program. She currently serves on the Diversity Advisory Council for Brown University’s president. Rocio spent her summer interning in San Francisco with the Mission Asset Fund, a financial inclusion and tech nonprofit. She focused on overseeing legislative efforts for California’s first-ever Financial Empowerment Fund bill and working on program implementation preparations for the bill’s expected passage this fall. Rocio enjoys dancing, traveling, hiking, camping and podcasting.