Lydia A. Gutiérrez

Lydia A. Gutiérrez is an educator with a background in both teaching and the aerospace industry. She earned a bachelor's degree in liberal arts from Pepperdine University and a master's degree in multicultural bilingual education from California State University, Dominguez Hills. Her career began as a teacher, and she later worked as an administrator for F/A 18 Radar and as a cost estimating supervisor for the Bradley Tank parts division. She has been a teacher for the University of California at Los Angeles's Math Project Center X and a writing project fellow at California State University, Long Beach. Gutiérrez served for seven years as an elected board member on the Coastal San Pedro Neighborhood Council. She has previously run for the California State Assembly in 2024 and 2022, and for the Los Angeles Unified School District board.