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Dean Raymond Florez (born April 5, 1963, in Shafter, California) was a California State Senator from the 16th Senate District from 2002 until the end of his second term in November 2010. Florez was born and reared in the Central Valley. He was first elected to the California State Assembly in 1998 and served two terms. His mostly rural district stretches across 300 miles anchored by the city of Bakersfield in the south and the city of Fresno at its northern tip. On December 1, 2008, he was named Senate Majority Leader by incoming Senate President pro Tempore Darrell Steinberg (D-Sacramento). On April 3, 2009, Florez announced that he would be a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Lt. Governor. He later announced his support for eventual winner Gavin Newsom. He currently heads up the 20 Million Minds Foundation, seeking to drive down the rapidly growing cost of a college education by making electronic textbooks widely available. ==Early life and education== The grandson of farm laborers, Florez spent his early years in the Colonia outside of the city of Shafter, in Kern County. He graduated from Shafter High School, attended Bakersfield College, and earned his Bachelor's degree in Political Science from UCLA, where he was also the first Latino person who served as Student Body President. After graduation, he worked in the Legislature as a legislative and budget consultant. He then went on to receive his MBA from Harvard Business School. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dean Florez」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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