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Senator Celina Villanueva (D) - Previous General Assembly (102nd)
11th District

Photograph of Senator Celina Villanueva (D)

Springfield Office:

Senator 11th District

Stratton Office Building

Section F, Room D

Springfield, IL 62706

(217) 782-5304

District Office:

2501 South Central Park Avenue

Front Suite

Chicago, IL 60623

(773) 565-4661

Years served: 2019 - 2020 (House); 2020 - Present (Senate)

Committee assignments: Human Rights (Chair); Higher Education; Labor (Vice-Chair); Public Safety; Transportation; App- Higher Education (Sub-Vice-Chair); App-Human Services; Redistricting- Chicago South (Sub-Vice-Chair); Labor- Special Issues (Sub-Chair).

Biography: Born in Chicago and raised in Little Village. Full-time state legislator. Former Civic & Youth Engagement Manager at the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights. Bachelor’s degree in Latino/a Studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Community organizer and avid reader.

Associated Representative(s):	Edgar Gonzalez, Jr.
	Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar

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