Fatima Iqbal-Zubair is California EnviroVoters’ Legislative Affairs Manager. As Legislative Affairs Manager, she has also been co-chair of Blue Green Alliance working closely with labor to support high-road and high-quality jobs. For CEV, she has led on many key climate priorities over the past several years, including AB 3233, AB 1866 and AB 2716. Fatima lives in a frontline community that has struggled with the impacts of systemic racism and socioeconomic issues for far too long. Her activism stemmed from her work as a high school Science teacher in Watts working in a school that has contaminated water and land. She is also a former CA Teacher’s Association member and current youth nonprofit STEAM leader- TeraWatts Initiative was founded to ensure equity in education for first-generation black and brown students to have access to STEAM careers. Fatima Iqbal-Zubair is the current chair of California Democratic Party’s Progressive Caucus, leading the largest state democratic caucus in the nation. Whether in her legislative affairs role or her other roles, Fatima has a knack for building coalitions and bringing unlikely people together to effect change and progress on key issues for marginalized communities.
Fatima Iqbal-Zubair
Legislative Affairs Manager at California Environmental Voters