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Meet Kristina!
For decades Kristina Roper has lived in the Central Valley. A daughter of union family, Kristina is no stranger to the life of a working class family. She is a dedicated community leader, educator, and advocate for working families running for Congress to bring accountability, compassion, and common sense back to Washington.
Welcome to Team Roper!
My name is Kristina Roper, and I am running for Congress because the San Joaquin Valley deserves a representative who actually sees the people here, listens to them, and fights for them.
I have spent 35 years living, working, and raising my family in the Valley. I am a mom, a small business owner, and someone who has built her life around service. My work in archaeology and historic preservation has taken me from open fields to agency offices. I have spent my career solving problems in practical ways, not political ways.
Between teaching as a Professor at Fresno State and serving two terms on my local School Board, I’ve seen firsthand how powerful truly affordable and accessible public education can be. I saw students open doors that their parents never had the chance to walk through. That changed me. It showed me how investing in education builds the future of the Valley itself.
My late husband, David, was a Chief Scientist for the National Park Service. He taught me that service is not a title. It is a responsibility. And raising my son, Aleksander, who was born with Down syndrome, has taught me what real resilience looks like and what it means to fight for a better future every day.
That is who we are in the Valley. We push forward. We look out for one another. We make things work even when no one else is paying attention.