Adriano Espaillat

Adriano de Jesús Espaillat Rodríguez is a Dominican-American politician who has served as the U.S. representative for New York's 13th congressional district since 2017. He is the chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, as well as the first Dominican-American and first formerly undocumented immigrant to serve in Congress. Espaillat previously served in the New York State Senate and in the New York State Assembly; he was the first Dominican-born American elected to a state house in the United States.