Current job: Commissioner, Cook County Board
Age: 58
Born in: Durango, Mexico
Lives in: Chicago’s Little Village
Personal: Married to Evelyn, three adult children (Rosa, Jesus and Samuel) and three grandchildren.
Previous positions: Deputy director, Illinois Human Services Department; executive director, Enlace; state senator, 1st District; Chicago alderman, 22nd Ward; deputy commissioner, Chicago Water Department; assistant director, Little Village Neighborhood Housing Service.
Education: University of Illinois at Chicago, B.A. in political science (1999); University of Illinois at Chicago, M.A. in urban planning (2002).
Campaign website: chicagoforchuy.com