Environmental consultant, Colombia native began fighting climate change as a child
LOS ANGELES - Aura Vasquez runs a consulting business that bears her name and is one of five commissioners on the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power's board. Vasquez, 39, provides environmental and political consulting as the sole employee of her firm, which she bolsters as needed by hiring contractors. Her consulting work includes the successful push for a law that requires utilities to produce 50 percent of their electricity from clean energy sources by 2030 and to reduce greenhouse gas levels to
