Mia knows what it's like not to have a voice. That's why she is working so hard to represent yours.
Mia Livas Porter is a mother, gun violence survivor, activist, community organizer, and a progressive Democrat running to represent the 52st District for the California State Assembly. As the youngest of five children born to Filipino immigrants, Mia grew up watching her parents work hard to achieve their American Dream. They instilled in her the importance of giving back to her community and taking care of each other. She witnessed her father, a doctor, and her mom, a nurse, waive payments for those who couldn't afford office visits and make house calls to elderly patients who couldn't leave home. They raised her to prioritize people before profit.
2020 ranked as one of the hottest years on record, with the world's seven-warmest years have all occurred since 2014, with 10 of the warmest years occurring since 2005. In 2021, California is currently experiencing some of the worst effects of a human-induced climate crisis with dual crises of severe drought and a fire season that has already scorched three times more land than in the same period of last year's record season. According to the National Interagency Fire Center, the state recorded its worst fire season in 2020, with around 4.1 million estimated acres burned.