Verónica is a Los Angeles native and a proud product of Venice High School. Verónica earned her Bachelor Degree in American Studies from Stanford University with a Department Specialization in Race and Ethnicity in the United States. After earning her J.D. from UCLA School of Law, Verónica became a staff attorney for Neighborhood Legal Services, where she worked helping low income residents of the San Fernando Valley through its Housing and Consumer Unit. Verónica has been a Deputy City Attorney with the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office since 2001. Through her past assignments, she has worked with many City agencies on quality of life issues. Verónica’s assignments with the City Attorney’s Office have been as a prosecutor in the Citywide Nuisance Abatement Program (CNAP), the Narcotics Enforcement Surveillance Team (NEST), the Housing Enforcement Section, and the School Safety Prosecutor Program. Verónica's first language is Spanish, is the first in her family to be born in the United States, and enjoys working to improve the neighborhoods she grew up in.