Paula and her grandkids enjoy a day at Sloan's Lake

Senator Sandoval has a long history of public service.  She continues to serve on the many boards and commissions including the Colorado State Historical Society, the Colorado Commission on Aging, the Denver Mountain Parks Foundation, the Greenway Foundation and the Denver Welfare Reform Board.

Paula E. Sandoval and her husband, Former State Senator Paul Sandoval, own, Tamales by La Casita, Inc.  Between the two of them, they have been in business over twenty-five years.  Their successful business is built on a foundation of hard work, caring for their employees and their community.  Their philosophy of business is taken from their philosophy of life: working together people can accomplish anything!

Paula has concentrated on social legislation and legislation to benefit children.  She was the prime senate sponsor for the low-income energy assistance bill, the Kids First License Plate, the Healthy School Vending Bill, the High-Risk Alternative Education bill and the Colorado Schoolchildren’s Asthma and Anaphylaxis Health Management Act.  In 2007 she sponsored a bill to extend Medicaid benefits to foster children to age 21 and also worked to put more state dollars into school breakfast and lunch for Colorado Children.