Oregon Voices Podcast: Episode 6 - Lesly Munoz - Oregon State Representative, House District 22

Send us Fan MailLesly Munoz is the State Representative for House District 22, representing Woodburn, Gervais, Brooks, and North Salem in Marion County. She won her seat by 161 votes in November 2024, the single margin that gave Oregon Democrats the super majority in the House. One woman. One neighborhood. Everything changed.She grew up in LA County where she learned what it meant to work your hands to the bone and still not have enough. Her father landscaped for people who wouldn't pay him. Her mother cleaned houses and worked at the library. She grew up poor and bilingual and she learned early on that the system wasn't designed to protect people like her family.She was studying to be a teacher when someone came into her social justice class talking about unions. About contracts. About workers having a say over their wages and their lives. She saw it as a dream. She applied for an internship and never looked back. For fourteen years she fought for workers. Then she fell in love with an undocumented man and learned the immigration system from the inside out. That's what made her a fighter in her bones.Now her district is the epicenter of ICE enforcement in Oregon. And she passed the Protect Your Door Act during the recent short session, allowing Oregonians to sue federal agents for Fourth Amendment violations. Listen to what one woman can do. Listen to what she's building.Guest: Lesly Munoz, Oregon State Representative, House District 22 Hosts: Eric McGuire and Katherine WatkinsThanks for listening to the Oregon Voices Podcast!If this episode resonated with you, please subscribe so you never miss a conversation. Sharing the show with others helps these stories travel farther.YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@oregonvoicespodcastInstagram: https://instagram.com/oregonvoicespodcastBuzzsprout: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2550069/episodes/18811599Oregon Campaign Finance Watch: https://orcampaigns.lovable.app/