Alex Padilla Parents: Who Are Lupe Padilla And Santos Padilla?

American junior States senator, Alex Padilla, was born on March 22, 1973, to his parents, Santos and Lupe Padilla.

Santos and Lupe Padilla are Mexican immigrants, Jalisco and Chihuahua, to be specific.

They met and got wedded in Los Angeles, where they had Alex and his two other siblings.

Alex’s father, Santos, worked as a short-order cook and his mother took up cleaning jobs.

In 2006, Alex mother Lupe, she tears during a council meeting as she watched a video presentation of his career, just before he became senator.

On his swearing in as senator, Alex offered a special tribute to his parents, adding that his mother obtained a U.S. citizenship two days after he was elected, and three years after his father became a citizen.

Alex has previously served on the Los Angeles City Council for over 7 years and then elected into the California State Senate for the 20th district for another 8 years.

He is the first Mexican American and Hispanic to be elected senator from California.

Alex has also served in several committees such as the Business and Professions and Economic Development Committee, Governmental Organization Committee, Labor and Industrial Relations Committee, the Select Committee on Science, Innovation and Public Policy.