Congresswoman Sara Jacobs proudly represents California’s 51st Congressional District – including the Cities of San Diego, El Cajon, La Mesa, Lemon Grove, and the unincorporated communities of Spring Valley and La Presa. First elected in 2020, she is currently in her third term.
Sara sits on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, where she is the Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Africa, and on the House Armed Services Committee.
At 36, Sara is one of the youngest Members of Congress serving in the 119th Congress. She gives San Diegans a voice on some of the most important issues facing the world today, as a member of the Democratic House Steering and Policy Committee, Co-Chair on the Protection of Civilians in Conflict Caucus, and as Vice
Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus, where she also serves as Co-Chair of the Transgender Equality Task Force.
Sara served in policy positions at the U.S. State Department during the Obama Administration, UNICEF, and the United Nations, and as a Scholar in Residence at the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies at the University of San Diego. She was also proud to use her expertise to serve as a foreign policy advisor to Secretary Hillary Clinton during her 2016 campaign for president, and as the founding CEO of Project Connect, an education non-profit dedicated to closing the opportunity gap for students around the world by mapping and connecting schools to the Internet. Project Connect was so successful that it is now a flagship part of UNICEF’s work around the world.
Prior to Congress, Sara also served as the founding Chair of San Diego for Every Child: The Coalition to End Child Poverty. Since its inception in fall of 2018, San Diego for Every Child has grown into a broad coalition of groups working toward the goal of halving the experience of childhood poverty in San Diego County by 2030.
Sara grew up in the San Diego community and is a proud graduate of the San Diego public school system. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and a Master of International Affairs degree in International Security Policy and Conflict Resolution, both from Columbia University.
“I’m so proud to have earned the endorsement of the Christopher Street Project, an organization that relentlessly and fearlessly advocates for the rights of the transgender community. Right now, the people we expect to protect us and lead us are banning transgender kids from sports teams, kicking transgender service members out of the military, and denying them access to health care, non-discrimination protections, and basic civil rights. That’s why I will keep fighting in Congress with partners like the Christopher Street Project to protect the transgender community from all these vicious attacks. Because one day, we will win and we will build a country where everyone – no matter their identity – can live big, full, and free lives with endless opportunity and without fear of violence or discrimination.”
