She Ran Podcast

A podcast featuring conversations with female identifying elected officials on what it means to be a woman in politics. Listen to these stories of vulnerability, success, and grit in order to better understand what it’s like to be a woman elected official. As a freshman senator, Lena Gonzalez was thrown into the midst of a pandemic and has since served as a model and an inspiration on the legislative response to COVID-19. She serves the 33rd senate district in Southern California which includes most of Long Beach and neighboring Los Angeles County Cities and communities. On this episode she discusses how she is protecting her constituents from the financial disaster of a global pandemic, while continuing to connect with and inspire them during a time when democracy is distanced and digitalized.Listen to hear what is most challenging in the realm of elected leadership at the moment as well as the Senator’s personal and political takeaways from the 2020 year thus far.