![]() She also chaired the working group on gun bills, and helped secure funding for a number of projects in and around the district. ĭuring her first session as delegate, Lopez successfully introduced bills on school bus safety and combating child pornography. She is a member of the Montgomery County Delegation and the women's legislative caucus, and an associate member of the Latino caucus. Lopez sits on the House Judiciary Committee of the Maryland legislature, serving in the Juvenile Law and Public Safety subcommittees. Dumais ten years to pass legislation terminating the parental rights of rapists: "It was clear that representation is an issue, and we can't take representation for granted." She was endorsed by Career Firefighters, the League of Conservation Voters, the Sierra Club, NARAL, and the National Organization for Women. ![]() In an interview, Lopez said she was motivated to run for office, in part, by the disrespectful way women candidates were being treated, and the fact that it took Maryland Delegate Kathleen M. King and the other District 39 delegates tapped Lopez to replace him. Barkley announced in 2017 that he was leaving the General Assembly, state senator Nancy J. Since 2013, she has also taught Advanced Writing as an adjunct professor at George Washington University. Over the next several years she served as Communications Director for the National Immigration Forum, the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, and the US-China Business Council. Senate and reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, which was expanded to include protections for undocumented immigrants. ![]() In that capacity she helped pass an immigration reform bill through the U.S. From 2011 to 2013, she served as Communications Director for the Congressional Hispanic Caucus under Reps. It was while working with immigrant families in Cuellar's district that she became seriously interested in politics. įrom 2010 to 2011, she worked as press secretary for Texas Congressman Henry Cuellar. She also worked on the production team for ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos. as a producer for the European press corps and the BBC. From 2006 to 2010 she worked in Washington, D.C. After graduation, she worked as an intern at the Washington Business Journal, and later as a production assistant for America's Most Wanted. Lopez has worked as a journalist, a legislative staffer, and an educator. ![]() in Management at George Washington University. in Political Science at the University of California, San Diego, and an M.P.A. Her paternal grandparents migrated to the United States from the Philippines. As a child she was adopted by her stepfather, Emsley Lopez, also a naval officer. She grew up in Southern California in a blended family. The oldest of three siblings, Lopez was born overseas while her mother Patricia was serving on active duty in the U.S. With Kirill Reznik and Gabriel Acevero, she represents the 39th House District as a member of the Democratic Party. Lesley Lopez is an American politician who was elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in the 2018 Maryland General Assembly election.
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