For Los Rios District 6 Board of Trustees 2026
Opening doors through public education.
Public policy and communications specialist. First-generation transfer student. Pearl knows what a community college can do for a life — because it rewrote hers.
Meet Pearl
Pearl Koven is a public policy and communications specialist based in Sacramento, California. Raised by a single mother, she learned early on the value of resilience, hard work, and community support. After a seven-year career in the film industry, she found her true calling in public service.
As a first-generation transfer student who journeyed from Santa Monica College to UC San Diego, Pearl experienced firsthand how higher education can rewrite a person's life story — a transformative experience that continues to fuel her passion for opening doors for others.
Today, Pearl serves as a staffer in the California State Senate, working in communications, policy research, and constituent services. Her career spans federal, state, and local government — including roles with the U.S. House of Representatives and the San Diego County Board of Supervisors — giving her a 360-degree perspective on how policy moves from Capitol halls to local communities.
“Higher education can rewrite a person's life story. I've lived it — and every Los Rios student deserves that same open door.”
The Journey
Learned resilience, hard work, and the value of community support early on.
A first career in the film industry — before finding her true calling in public service.
Started as a first-generation community college student — the door that opened everything after it.
Completed the transfer journey and saw firsthand how higher education rewrites life stories.
Federal experience — how policy is made in Congress.
Local government — where policy meets people's daily lives.
Today: communications, policy research, and constituent services in Sacramento.
Running to open the same doors for the next generation of Los Rios students.
The Platform
Four priorities for the district's students, campuses, and taxpayers.
The District
The Los Rios Community College District is the second-largest in California — four colleges and six education centers serving the greater Sacramento region, from the capital core to the Sierra foothills.
Area 6 covers the central city of Sacramento — Downtown, Midtown, East Sacramento, River Park, and Campus Commons — plus parts of Carmichael and Rancho Cordova.
That's the seat Pearl is running to represent in 2026.
In the Community
Pearl bridges government, non-profits, and grassroots initiatives — and shows up in person.
Coordinating bipartisan dialogues on pressing national policy issues, preserving civil rights, and expanding global perspective through youth sister-city engagement.
Mentoring foster youth aging out of the system, expanding local environmental sustainability education, and building resilient food systems through community gardens.
Assisting disabled children and adults in therapeutic horseback riding lessons to improve mobility and confidence.
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