(L-R) Assemblymember Heath Flora (R-Lodi), Eileen Mitro, Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (D-Winters), Assemblymember Chris Rogers (D-Santa Rosa), California State Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas (D-Salinas) at the California State Assembly in Sacramento, Calif. on Monday, March 10, 2025. Mitro, a climate activist from Ukiah, Calif., was honored as the California State Assembly’s 2nd District Woman of the Year. (Krishnia Parker/California State Assembly via Bay City News)

UKIAH, CA., 3/13/25 – Former schoolteacher turned climate activist Eileen Mitro, of Ukiah, was named Woman of the Year for California State Assembly’s 2nd District this week.  

The annual award is bestowed upon women for their contributions to their respective districts. Assemblymember Chris Rogers, D-Santa Rosa, selected Mitro for co-founding Climate Action Mendocino.  

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