Wendy Carrillo

Quick Facts

Full Name	Wendy Carrillo
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Aug 10, 1980(1980-08-10)
Age	44
Country	El Salvador
Horoscope	Leo

Wendy Carrillo Biography

Wendy Carrillo is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on August 10, 1980 in El Salvador. Wendy Carrillo was born in El Salvador on August 10 1980. She was the eldest among five girls. Her mother emigrated to the United States when Carrillo was young, as she was afraid to live there El Salvador due to civil conflict. Her mother was a babysitter. Because of this she was able save enough money to take Carrillo and the aunt and grandmother of Carrillo as well, back to her home in the United States. She relocated into Los Angeles at age 5 and lived within Boyle Heights and City Terrace. She was granted residency at the age of 13 when her father applied for her. At the age of 21, she sought to be a naturalized citizen, which was approved and she received citizenship.

Wendy Maria Carrillo Dono is an American politician in the California State Assembly. A Democrat she represents her district in the 51st State Assembly district, encompassing areas of northeastern Los Angeles and East Los Angeles. She was officially sworn in by Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon on December 16 17th, 2017. Prior to her appointment as an elected Member of the California State Assembly, she was a multimedia journalist as well as a labor advocate.

For ten years, she was the host and executive producer of a community based program called “Knowledge is Power” on KPWR 106 FM. The talk show covered topics such as environmental justice, access to higher education and politics. Carillo also worked as a writer and producer for Nuvo TV. She was also a regular contributor to Pivot’s Take Part Live, Huff Post Live, The Young Turks’ The Point and Al Jazeera America.

In 2017 Carrillo declared her intention to run to succeed then congressman Xavier Becerra following his appointment to the position of Attorney General in California. Carrillo ended up receiving only 5% of the vote, and was defeated by her opponents, then State Assemblyman Jimmy Gomez and attorney Robert Lee Ahn. Gomez beat Lee Ahn winning 60.1 percent of the vote. He was officially sworn in on the 11th of July in 2017.

Wendy Carrillo Net Worth

Wendy Carrillo is one of the richest Politician from El Salvador. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Wendy Carrillo 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In 2014 she was the co-founder of the now-defunct Reported.ly it was a media start-up that focused on covering the topics of conflict human rights, human rights, as well as political movement. She also worked as the communications manager for a labor union known as Local 271, the Los Angeles affiliate of Service Employees International Union.

After Gomez’s resignation in order to officially seated in the United States House of Representatives, Carrillo announced that she was running to succeed Gomez as a member of the California State Assembly. On the 3rd of October on the 3rd of October, 2017 Carrillo got 22.2 percent of the votes and was able to secure a seat in an election called the general. Carrillo went onto face Planned Parenthood – Los Angeles board member Luis Lopez. On the 5th of December 5, 2017, Carrillo beat Lopez by a margin of 53.5 percent of the vote.

In 2018, Carrillo faced libertarian adjunct professor Christopher Stare. Carrillo easily defeated Stare, receiving 86.6% of the vote.

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Wendy Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in El Salvador. Wendy Carrillo celebrates birthday on August 10 of every year.