Gustavo Rivera

Gustavo Rivera serves as the State Senator for the 33rd District in the New York State Senate since November 2010, and previously held the title of State Senator-Elect for the same district. Gustavo is a board member at the NALEO Educational Fund and has experience as a member of the Board of Directors for Project Vote from October 2014 to May 2018. In academia, Gustavo worked as a part-time adjunct lecturer at Pace University from August 2007 to December 2014. Prior roles include Director of Outreach for Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand, Constituency Director for Obama for America in Florida, and various positions in political organizing and advising for different campaigns and organizations. Gustavo holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from The Graduate Center, City University of New York, earned between 1998 and 2009.