US Representative for California's 36th District Born in Mexico, Ruiz grew up in Coachella, CA. B.S., UCLA,1994; M.D. and M.P.P., Harvard University, 2001; M.P.H., Harvard University, 2007; physician; associate dean, University of California-Riverside School of Medicine, 2011-2012; elected as a Democrat to the 113th and subsequent Congresses (January 3, 2013-present).