Lola Smallwood-Cuevas
Lola Smallwood-Cuevas
U.S.A.
Personal Background
Lola Smallwood-Cuevas holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications and has a background in journalism focused on working families. She has extensive experience in labor organizing and community coordination, including roles with the SEIU and the UCLA Labor Center. Smallwood-Cuevas has demonstrated leadership by co-founding the Los Angeles Black Worker Center and steering the Equal Pay and Anti-Retaliation Act to passage. Her professional expertise spans from advocating for labor rights to addressing systemic issues such as homelessness and economic displacement.
Political Ideas
Lola Smallwood-Cuevas combines a fierce commitment to labor rights with a progressive vision for economic justice, often aligning with unexpected partners to achieve systemic change. Her legislative record reveals a knack for unexpected alliances on environmental regulations, suggesting a highly calculated approach to protecting regional industrial interests. Smallwood-Cuevas's rhetoric consistently emphasizes community empowerment, systemic inequities, and the need for transformative policy solutions, all while maintaining a focus on practical, localized outcomes.