Sophia M. Tse, Councilmember

Councilmember Sophia M. Tse was elected to the Cerritos City Council in 2025. A resident of Cerritos since 1983, Councilmember Tse began her elected service career with the ABC Unified School District Board of Education in 2007, and was re-elected four times. During that span, she served three terms as Board of Education President.

Boards and Committees

Councilmember Tse serves on the following Internal Ad Hoc Working Groups:

ABC Unified
Auto Mall
Business/Industry
Chamber of Commerce
Disaster Preparedness/Emergency Response
Friends of the 1st CEB (Combat Engineer Battalion)
L.A. County Public Health Department
Parks and Recreation
Public Safety
Senior Services/Senior Center

Councilmember Tse serves on the following external groups:

Asian Pacific Islander School Board Association
California Contract Cities Association Board of Directors (Alternate)
California Joint Powers Insurance Authority Board of Directors (Alternate)
Chinese American Elected Officials Organization
Gateway Cities Council of Governments (91/605/405) Corridor Cities Committee (Alternate)
League of California Cities 2025 Annual General Assembly
Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts Board of Directors (Districts 2, 3, 18, and 19) (Alternate)

Councilmember Tse previously served on the following external groups:

Compton College By-Law, Enrolment Management and Academic Senate Committees
Whitney High School Chinese PTA President

Personal and Professional

Councilmember Tse is a business owner and teaches in the Nursing Program at Compton College. She previously taught at California State University’s Long Beach and Dominguez Hills campuses, the University of California, Los Angeles, and was a long-time employee at St. Francis Medical Center. Councilmember Tse holds numerous instructor licenses, including Basic Life Support, Advanced Pediatric Life Support, and for the Neonatal Resuscitation Program. Councilmember Tse’s volunteer service includes former President of the Whitney High School Chinese PTA, Member of the Chinese American Elected Officials Organization, and Member of the Asian Pacific Islander School Board Association. At Compton College, she has served on By-Law, Enrollment Management and Academic Senate committees. Additionally, Councilmember Tse has served with the American Red Cross, Soroptimist International Club, and Optimist Club of Cerritos, and has volunteered in Neighborhood Watch and as a community instructor for basic life support and parenting classes.

Councilmember Tse and her husband, Nie Long Tse, are the parents to three children, Susan, Gary, and Gabriel.