Crisanta Duran represents Colorado House District 5, which encompasses northwest and central Denver. Her constituency is quite diverse in several respects, including considerable variation in income and race. Her goal as a legislator is to maximize communication with the public and “bring people into the political process.” Because of the many different perspectives in her district, she does that in many different ways.

Areas included in Rep. Duran's district range from the Sun Valley neighborhood, where 72 percent of the residents live in poverty, to downtown Denver, where many live in expensive high-rise condos. She says that the expectations that constituents from these areas have of her are often very different. For example, in response to demand from her downtown constituents, she has worked to extend tax credits for electric and fuel-efficient vehicles and to require homeowners’ associations to provide electric car charging stations. Among other things, constituents in the low-income neighborhoods of her district contact her for help with foreclosures or environmental problems that arise from nearby commercial and industrial areas.

Rep. Duran's website, which is available in both English and Spanish, reflects her responsiveness to this diverse group of constituents. Items on the site include details on her efforts to encourage access to renewable energy as well as $4 million in funding she worked to secure for renovation to the Auraria Campus Library. She also discusses efforts ranging from balancing the state budget to supporting driver's licenses for all Coloradans, including undocumented persons. In short, the job is not “one size fits all” for Rep. Duran. Instead, responding to her diverse constituency requires her to focus on several different dimensions of representation at once.