[1] Before running for political office, Gomez worked with the Women's Environmental Institute for more than a decade and was a senior policy aide to Minneapolis City Council member Alondra Cano.

[15][17] She has been critical of the Minneapolis police, especially their use of chemical agent sprays on crowds, introducing legislation to ban the use of irritants and nonlethal ammunition, calling them "cruel and escalatory".

[30] She introduced a bill that would increase funding for shelter-based mental health services and require cities take certain steps before clearing out homeless encampments.

[31] Gomez publicly criticized legislators for failing to act to address the opioid epidemic, calling out the pharmaceutical industry's campaign contributions.

[32] During the 2019 selection process for the University of Minnesota Board of Regents, which must be confirmed by the legislature, Gomez and other legislators criticized the list of candidates for its lack of diversity.

[35] Gomez signed on to a letter calling on the Biden administration to stop Line 3, a tar sands pipeline proposed to cut through Minnesota tribal lands.

[36] She opposed city plans to turn a site in Minneapolis's East Phillips neighborhood into a public works campus instead of a community center and garden.