The Purple Line: Episode 52 with Paola Arellano

Paola Arellano serves as Executive Business and Operational Manager at Rivet Industries, a technology and equipment company focused on protecting frontline workers and military personnel. She also serves as Vice President of Communications for the CHLI Alumni Association (CAA). Originally from El Paso, Texas, Paola was raised in a border community, living in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, and crossing daily into the United States for elementary school while her mother taught in El Paso. Experiencing both Mexican and U.S. systems firsthand sparked her early interest in public service and government. Paola earned her bachelor’s degree in political science, with a minor in communication studies, from St. Mary’s University. In 2022, she participated in CHLI’s Global Leaders Program, where she interned in the congressional office of former Representative Jenniffer González-Colón (now Governor of Puerto Rico) and in The Home Depot’s Washington Government Affairs Office. Prior to completing the program, she secured a full-time staff position in the office of Representative David Valadao (CA-21).