Eric Griego

Griego was born in 1966 and raised in a Catholic family in Albuquerque, New Mexico. After attending local schools, Griego completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism and Government at New Mexico State University in 1989 and a Master of Public Administration in Public Management at the University of Maryland in 1991. ==Career==

Griego worked as an international economist for the Department of Labor, and as a specialist in Latin American labor issues. He also served as Assistant Cabinet Secretary, New Mexico Economic Development Department, 2005–2007. He has served as executive director, New Mexico Voices for Children, 2009–2012. He became more active in politics, and in 1999 he was elected as a Democrat to the Albuquerque City Council, serving until 2004. In 2008 he was elected to the New Mexico State Senate, serving until early 2013. In 2012 Griego ran in the Democratic primary for the nomination to the US House of Representatives seat from New Mexico's 1st congressional district. It was a three-way race, won by Michelle Lujan Grisham. She also won the general election. She has since been elected as governor of the state. In 2016, Griego became the New Mexico director of the Working Families Party. In 2023, Griego obtained a fellowship with the Fulbright Program. == Personal life ==

Griego and his wife, Kim, have 2 children. On January 20, 2013, his brother Greg, sister-in-law Sarah, and three of their ten children were found shot to death in their home in the south valley of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Greg and Sarah's son Nehemiah, 15 years old at the time, was convicted of the murders. ==References==