Liz Miranda

Liz Miranda DEMDemocrat

State Senator, 2nd Suffolk District

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Liz MirandaDEMDemocrat State Senator, 2nd Suffolk District
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Elizabeth Miranda (born June 29, 1981) is a Cape Verdean-American community organizer and politician. She is a state senator representing the Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Suffolk district after winning a five-way Democratic Primary Election, and advancing to an uncontested race in the 2022 Massachusetts general election. Prior to that, since January 2019, Miranda had served as the Democratic Massachusetts State Representative for the Fifth Suffolk district. Her district comprises parts of the Dorchester and Roxbury neighborhoods of Boston. She is a member of the Massachusetts Black and Latino Legislative Caucus. Miranda has passed legislation that aims to close racial disparities in maternal health outcomes of Black women, as well as legislation to advance environmental justice and was a lead author in the police reform omnibus legislation passed in 2021. In 2021, Miranda was named Best Politician by Boston Magazine and Progressive Legislator of the Year by Progressive Massachusetts.

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Education4 - 4 of 2
Wellesly College
BA Africana Studies and Urban Studies
1998 - 2002
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Attended
Past Positions1 - 15 of 15
Senator
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Senate
2023 - Current
Representative
Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives
2019 - 2023
Executive Director
Hawthorne Youth and Community Center
2017 - 2019
Co-President
Score4More, Incorporated
2012 - 2018
Director of Youth Leadership Development
Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative
2015 - 2016
Coordinator
Bunker Hill Community College
2011 - 2015
Entrepreneurship Instructor
Bunker Hill Community College
2012 - 2015
Social Media Coordinator
Operation Ladies Involved In Putting a Stop to Inner-City Killings (LIPSTICK)
2013 - 2015
Fellow in Diversity Fellowship Program
Associated Grant Makers
2007 - 2008
Summer Safety Coordinator
The Boston Foundation
2008
HRYN Coordinator
Black Ministerial Alliance of Greater Boston
2005 - 2007
Consultant
Boston Public Health Commission
2006
Youth Worker Director of Education and Training
Mytown Incorporated
2002 - 2006
Youth Engagement Consultant
Annie E. Casey Foundation-Making Connections
2002 - 2005
Principal
Miranda & Company Consulting Group
2004 - Current
Other Experience1 - 9 of 9
Board Member
We Are Better Together
Current
Member
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, Boston Alumnae Chapter
Current
Board Member
Roxbury Historical Society
2016 - Current
Apprenticeship Teacher
Citizen Schools
2015 - Current
Board Member
Union Capital Boston
2014 - Current
Teacher
Junior Achievement
2013
Mentor
Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative Stronger Futures Program
2012 - Current
Member
Wellesley Club of Boston
Former Member
Joint Committee on Judiciary, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives
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