The 31-year-old “farmworker’s kid” will become mayor of his hometown after years of dedicated involvement in his Yolo County city.Sacramento Bee columnist Marcos Breton wrote a great piece Wednesday profiling the new mayor of Woodland, Artemio Pimentel.
Pimintel is a product of the College Assistance Migrant Program, created to assist the children of farmworkers at four-year colleges.
Breton writes:
Though he comes from an ethnic community known for fostering deep suspicions of authority figures, Pimentel embraces institutions, works from the inside.
He’s proud that his parents came from a tiny village in the Mexican state of Michoacán, but Pimentel was the top vote-getter in Woodland because he sought to appeal to everyone.
You can read the full story here
Pimentel will be one of the youngest mayors in the region, and he’s a self-made man politically.