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American politician (born 1965)

Rosa Gumataotao Rios (born July 17, 1965) is an American academic. She served as the 43rd Treasurer of the United States^[1] and is a visiting scholar at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University.

Early life and education

Rios was born the sixth of nine children in Hayward, California.^[2] Rios' mother, an immigrant from Mexico, raised all nine children on her own and with the support of their church,^[3][4] sent all of her children to Catholic schools and off to college.^[5][6] All nine children worked at a young age.

Rios worked beginning in her freshman year of high school at the office headquarters for the Alameda County Library System. Rios stated that she "had won the lottery with this job" as she had access to any book she ever wanted to read and that her experience and reading during this period led in part to her acceptance to Harvar