Nanette Barragán is a member of the city council of Hermosa Beach California. She has already taken on oil and gas companies looking to drill wells on the local beach. Once those projects were stopped, Barragán began to focus on ensuring that the current environmental rollbacks won’t impact community members in the districts she represents, the majority of whom are minorities and are exposed to heavy pollution. She is now the chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus’s environmental task force and a member of the House Committee on Natural Resources. Photo credit: Grist50!
