Leticia Vasquez is a former mayor of Lynwood, California, USA. She is a registered Democrat.Vasquez was elected to the Lynwood City Council in November 2003 and made history as the first Latina to serve as mayor of the city in 2006. On June 5, 2012, Vasquez was elected to the Central Basin Municipal Water District.Vasquez is also a professor of political science at El Camino College in Compton, California.