Cecelia Espenoza

Rep. Cecelia Espenoza represents House District 4 in North/West Denver, a community she has  Called home for over 30 years. Born to migrant farmworkers from Colorado, she was the first in her family to graduate from college and she went on to be the second Latina to pass the bar in Utah. She returned to Colorado as the first tenure-track Latina to teach law in Colorado. She was also the first Mexican-American to become an appellate judge on the highest immigration court in the country.

She is focused on addressing the housing crisis, investing in our K-12 public schools, combating gun violence, and protecting reproductive rights while supporting the most vulnerable in our communities including: immigrants and refugees; and Colorado’s LGBTQ+ community.

Rep. Espenoza serves on the Judiciary and State, Civic, Military & Veterans Affairs committees.