Prior to her election to the State Senate, Dr. Akilah Weber served in the State Assembly and on the La Mesa City Council. During her time on the City Council, she worked to implement the city’s Climate Action Plan and championed the creation of both a Community Police Oversight Board and the La Mesa Homelessness Task Force. Her long record of community activism includes serving on the boards of La Mesa Conversations and the La Mesa-Foothills Democratic Club and volunteering as the science coordinator for the Links to STEM program for children underrepresented in STEM fields.

Dr. Weber grew up in the Oak Park neighborhood of San Diego and graduated from Encanto Elementary School and Gompers Secondary School. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Xavier University and her medical degree from the University of Rochester Medical School. Dr. Weber completed her residency in Obstetrics & Gynecology at Chicago Cook County Hospital and her fellowship in Pediatric & Adolescent Gynecology at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital.

Dr. Weber lives in La Mesa with her two boys, Kadir and Jalil. Among other organizations, she is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority and The Links, Incorporated.