Yadira Caraveo CO-08

MEMBER | CO-08

For Yadira, becoming a pediatrician, an accomplished legislator, and a successful advocate for children all started with a dream, her parents’ dream. Yadira’s parents came to Colorado from a small town in Mexico, looking for a better life. 

A CHAMPION FOR COLORADO

Yadira is a pediatrician, state representative, and daughter of immigrants. Even before she finished her medical training, advocacy for others became an important part of Yadira’s life. She helped organize her fellow medical residents for better working conditions, becoming a union representative with SEIU. She was named a Champion of Change by President Obama for her work with the Union of Concerned Scientists enlisting doctors across the country in the fight against climate change. In the legislature, Yadira worked to pass historic legislation to force drug companies to lower the cost of prescriptions, expand funding for preschools, and protect renters from eviction during the pandemic. Yadira is the first Latina to represent Colorado in Congress and the only physician in Colorado’s congressional delegation.