Lou Correa

Lou Correa is a lifelong Orange County resident and the son of working-class Mexican immigrant parents. His paternal grandfather came to the United States from Mexico in the 1910s to work for the Southern Pacific Railroad, and later returned to Mexico with his American-born children during the Great Depression's mass repatriations. When Lou was young, his mother cleaned hotel rooms across from Disneyland while his father worked at a paper mill. His mother was tragically killed in a car accident in Mexico when Lou was two years old, after which he and his father moved to Zacatecas, Mexico for five years before returning to Anaheim. Correa started second grade speaking only Spanish and had to learn English in school. Now in his fifth term representing CA-46, he serves as Ranking Member on two key subcommittees and is a Senior Whip in the House Democratic Caucus.

Son of working-class Mexican immigrant parents. His paternal grandfather immigrated from Mexico in the 1910s to work for the Southern Pacific Railroad, then returned to Mexico during the Great Depression's repatriation era. Lou's mother cleaned hotel rooms near Disneyland earning minimum wage; his father worked at a paper mill. His mother died in a car accident in Mexico when Lou was two, leading him and his father to live in Zacatecas, Mexico for five years before returning to Anaheim. Started school speaking only Spanish. Married to wife Esther for over 32 years with four children. His son Adan has autism and is a cast member on Netflix's "Love on the Spectrum." Lou and Esther are members of Christ Cathedral Catholic Church in Orange County.