Tara Sreekrishnan

County School Board Member. State Legislative Director. Climate Nonprofit Founder. Cancer Survivor. Lifelong Fighter.

As the daughter of immigrants who overcame poverty, Tara knows what the American Dream means for so many families in Santa Clara County. Now, as a candidate for the State Assembly, she’ll protect the American Dream and make sure our kids have good schools, our workers have good-paying jobs, and our streets are safe. She’ll fight for high quality, affordable health insurance, housing, and lower utility costs for Californians who are struggling to get by.

A lifelong resident of our District and an elected member of the Santa Clara County Board of Education, Tara has been a champion for educational excellence, early learning, and mental health services. She played a pivotal role in initiatives like supporting teachers, closing the digital divide through laptops and internet access, and fighting our fentanyl crisis among youth. Her mom was a school librarian at the same K-12 public schools that Tara attended here in this district: Cupertino Union School District & Fremont Union High School District. 

Tara has worked professionally to cut red tape and create real change in all levels of local government -- school district, city, county, and state. She has served as a Legislative Advisor at the City level, Policy and Outreach Director and Chief of Staff at the County level, and as Legislative Director, Communications Director, and Deputy Chief of Staff at the State level. She helped write and pass legislation that created housing developments for the homeless, modernized our schools, made our communities safer, and promoted job training and apprenticeship programs. She is completing her Master's Degree (MPA) from the U.C. Berkeley Goldman School of Public Policy.

Tara co-founded the nonprofit Silicon Valley Youth Climate Action, engaging hundreds of local students in the environmental sciences, and has been a champion for environmental sustainability, climate restoration, and 100% renewable energy. Together with other neighbors, she took on our County’s largest polluter - Lehigh Cement – and she won, shutting down their 100-year old quarry which was poisoning our air and waterways.

From battling cancer to taking on the biggest polluters in the Bay Area, Tara isn’t afraid to take on tough fights. Tara Sreekrishnan – tried, tested, and ready to beat the special interests for us.