Michelle Lujan Grisham is the Governor of New Mexico. She assumed office on January 1, 2019. Her current term ends on January 1, 2027. Lujan Grisham was born in Los Alamos in 1959 as a 12th-generation New Mexican and granddaughter of New Mexico Supreme Court Justice Eugene D. Lujan. She graduated from St. Michael's High School in Santa Fe in 1977. In 1981, Lujan Grisham received a bachelor's degree from the University of New Mexico. She graduated from the University of New Mexico School of Law in 1987. In 1991, Gov. Bruce King appointed her as director of the New Mexico Aging and Long-Term Services Department. Gov. Bill Richardson named her to his Cabinet as secretary of the department in 2002. In 2004, Richardson appointed Lujan Grisham as secretary of the New Mexico Department of Health. Lujan Grisham ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 2008. In 2010, she was elected to the Bernalillo County Board of Commissioners. She ran again for Congress in 2012 and was elected to represent New Mexico's 1st Congressional District. Lujan Grisham served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2013 to 2019. According to her official profile, while in Congress, Lujan Grisham "worked aggressively to support local tribes, equal pay for women, public schools, public lands and veterans’ health care" and "advocated strongly for saving and creating clean New Mexico jobs." During the 115th United States Congress, Lujan Grisham chaired the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.