Oscar De Los Santos is an American politician. He is a Democratic member of the

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elected to represent District 11 in 2022.

Life

De Los Santos was born in

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to Gregorio and María Dolores. They were immigrants from Tenamaxtlán. In 2012, he was the youngest Florida field organizer for the Obama campaign. In 2015, he completed a bachelor's degree in political science from the

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where he graduated ''

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'' and was inducted into

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. He was a

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. From 2015 to 2016, he taught English and social studies to sixth graders at Champion South Mountain School in

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. He interned for the National Economic Council and the

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. De Los Santos was a lobbyist and head of public policy for the Association of Arizona Food Banks. As a

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, he completed a master's in public policy from the

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in 2018. He earned a master's degree in Christian social ethics from the Union Theological Seminary in 2020. He is a J.D. student at

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and received a The Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans in 2022. During the

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, De Los Santos was elected to represent District 11. He is the first out LGBT person to represent District 11.

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