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Christine Villegas has been a Real Estate developer with prior experience in politics on both sides of the aisle at the local, state and federal levels.  She holds a Master’s Degree in Urban Planning from USC, a Bachelors in Community Studies from UC Santa Cruz and an AA degree in Criminal Justice from Santa Ana College.  Christine has also served as a Planning Commissioner and is the Chairperson for the Building Industry Association of Southern CA's Housing Affordability Committee, among other civic engagements. 

Christine is the founder of Mariposa Development, whose mission is to develop high quality affordable housing, neighborhood retail, and services to California’s working-class neighborhoods.  Her mantra, start with the end in mind – focusses her efforts to create functional environments where services and operations are tantamount while being financially feasible. Her experience in real estate development ranges from acquisition, predevelopment, finance, construction, and lease up resulting in the completion of approximately 1500 affordable housing units. Just as the real estate development industry evolves to become more innovative, so does she.