Assemblymember Cecelia González

Party: Democratic

Legislative Service

  • Nevada Assembly, 2021-2025 (first elected November 2020)—three regular session and three special
  • 2025 SESSION COMMITTEES: Legislative Operations and Elections (Vice Chair); Health and Human Services; Judiciary
  • 2023 SESSION COMMITTEES: Government Affairs; Health and Human Services; Legislative Operations and Elections
  • 2021 SESSION COMMITTEES: Judiciary; Legislative Operations and Elections; Natural Resources

Honors and Awards

  • Spirit of Community, CARE Advocate Award, 2015
  • University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Graduate and Professional Student Association Research Forum, 1st Place Social Science Poster, 2017
  • City of Las Vegas, Tyrone Thompson Yours in Service Award, 2024

Other Achievements

  • Millennium Scholarship, 2010
  • Delta Tau Lambda Sorority, Inc., 2011-current

Affiliations

  • Amnesty International, Sexual and Reproductive Rights Peer Trainer, 2016-2020
  • Asian American and Pacific Islander Democratic Caucus, 2019-current
  • Fight for a Future National Leadership Council–Generation Progress, 2017-2018
  • Jean Nidetch Women’s Center, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, CARE Advocate, 2013-2019
  • Mass Liberation Project–Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada, 2018-current
  • Nevada Latino Legislative Caucus, Chair
  • Women’s Research Institute of Nevada, National Education for Women’s (NEW) Leadership Program, 2017-current

Education

  • University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Ph.D. Multicultural Education – Curriculum and Instruction (Candidate)
  • University of Nevada, Las Vegas, M.Ed. Teaching – Elementary Education, 2024
  • University of Nevada, Las Vegas, M.Ed. Multicultural Education – Curriculum and Instruction, 2019
  • University of Nevada, Las Vegas, B.A., Criminal Justice, minor degree in Sociology, 2015
  • Canyon Springs High School, Honors Diploma, 2010

Personal

Occupation: Educator
Recreation: Hiking, traveling, reading
Born: 1991, Whittier, California
Spouse: Francisco González
Children: Itsara González