Susan K. Herrera is a Democratic representative for District 41 in the New Mexico House of Representatives, serving since 2019. She represents counties including Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe, and Taos, and resides in Embudo, New Mexico, with her husband Amalio and son Andres.

Education and Political Experience

• Attended California State Polytechnic Institute at Pomona.
• Over 50 years of experience in legislation, government, education, nonprofit, and philanthropic sectors.
• Served as Director of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus under Chairman Bill Richardson in Washington, D.C., where she created the CHC Fellowship program, now a nine-month paid graduate internship launching careers for hundreds of Hispanic students in public service.
• Former Executive Director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory Foundation , expanding the First Born Program for early childhood development, now supported by $37 million in annual state funding.
• Founder of the Northern New Mexico Community College Foundation.
• Current roles: Chair of the House Agriculture, Acequias and Water Resources Committee; Member of the House Appropriations & Finance and Education Committees.
• Senior Associate at Northern Community Development Consulting Associates.

Notable Achievements

• Key leader in water legislation, securing $30 million in 2024 for public water projects in District 41 and northern small towns.
• Passed HR 132, reducing predatory lending rates from 175% to 36%, ending a 20-year battle.
• On the Education Committee, helped raise teacher and legislative assistant salaries to competitive levels and created the $25 million Rural Library Endowment Fund.