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Quick Facts
Personal Details

Caucuses/Former Committees

Former Member, Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives

Former Member, Labor and Workforce Development Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives

Former Member, Personnel and Administration Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives

Former Member, Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives

Education

  • JD, Suffolk University Law School, 2011-2014
  • BA, Political Science/Government/Criminal Justice, University of Massachusetts at Boston, 2005-2009
  • Attended, Political Science/Government, Hessen International Summer University, 2007
  • Attended, Political Science/Government, University of Marburg-Hessen International Summer University, 2006

Professional Experience

  • JD, Suffolk University Law School, 2011-2014
  • BA, Political Science/Government/Criminal Justice, University of Massachusetts at Boston, 2005-2009
  • Attended, Political Science/Government, Hessen International Summer University, 2007
  • Attended, Political Science/Government, University of Marburg-Hessen International Summer University, 2006
  • Justice AmeriCorps Advocate, Community Legal Aid, 2014-present
  • Chief Executive Officer, Matias Enterprises, Limited Liability Company, present
  • Certified Student Attorney, Immigration Clinic, Suffolk University Law School, 2013-2014
  • Field Organizer, Martha Coakley for Governor, 2014
  • Campaign Manager, Pavel Payano for State Senate, 2013-2014
  • Student Intern, Greater Boston Legal Services, 2013
  • Certified Student Prosecuter, Suffolk County District Attorney's Office, 2013
  • Summer Student Associate, J. Sagar Associates, 2012
  • Child Specific Social Worker, Children's Services of Roxbury, Incorporated, 2009-2011
  • Legal Intern, Suffolk County District Attorney's Office, 2008-2009
  • Intern, Executive Office, Governor Deval Patrick, 2008

Political Experience

  • JD, Suffolk University Law School, 2011-2014
  • BA, Political Science/Government/Criminal Justice, University of Massachusetts at Boston, 2005-2009
  • Attended, Political Science/Government, Hessen International Summer University, 2007
  • Attended, Political Science/Government, University of Marburg-Hessen International Summer University, 2006
  • Justice AmeriCorps Advocate, Community Legal Aid, 2014-present
  • Chief Executive Officer, Matias Enterprises, Limited Liability Company, present
  • Certified Student Attorney, Immigration Clinic, Suffolk University Law School, 2013-2014
  • Field Organizer, Martha Coakley for Governor, 2014
  • Campaign Manager, Pavel Payano for State Senate, 2013-2014
  • Student Intern, Greater Boston Legal Services, 2013
  • Certified Student Prosecuter, Suffolk County District Attorney's Office, 2013
  • Summer Student Associate, J. Sagar Associates, 2012
  • Child Specific Social Worker, Children's Services of Roxbury, Incorporated, 2009-2011
  • Legal Intern, Suffolk County District Attorney's Office, 2008-2009
  • Intern, Executive Office, Governor Deval Patrick, 2008
  • Representative, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives, District Sixteenth Essex, 2017-2019
  • Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District 3, 2018

Former Committees/Caucuses

Former Member, Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives

Former Member, Labor and Workforce Development Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives

Former Member, Personnel and Administration Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives

Former Member, Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

  • JD, Suffolk University Law School, 2011-2014
  • BA, Political Science/Government/Criminal Justice, University of Massachusetts at Boston, 2005-2009
  • Attended, Political Science/Government, Hessen International Summer University, 2007
  • Attended, Political Science/Government, University of Marburg-Hessen International Summer University, 2006
  • Justice AmeriCorps Advocate, Community Legal Aid, 2014-present
  • Chief Executive Officer, Matias Enterprises, Limited Liability Company, present
  • Certified Student Attorney, Immigration Clinic, Suffolk University Law School, 2013-2014
  • Field Organizer, Martha Coakley for Governor, 2014
  • Campaign Manager, Pavel Payano for State Senate, 2013-2014
  • Student Intern, Greater Boston Legal Services, 2013
  • Certified Student Prosecuter, Suffolk County District Attorney's Office, 2013
  • Summer Student Associate, J. Sagar Associates, 2012
  • Child Specific Social Worker, Children's Services of Roxbury, Incorporated, 2009-2011
  • Legal Intern, Suffolk County District Attorney's Office, 2008-2009
  • Intern, Executive Office, Governor Deval Patrick, 2008
  • Representative, Commonwealth of Massachusetts House of Representatives, District Sixteenth Essex, 2017-2019
  • Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District 3, 2018
  • Delegate, Massachusetts Democratic Party, 2014

Other Info

  • Former Chemical Engineer
  • Former Machine Operator, Polartec

  • Former Accountant
  • Former Precision Finisher, Central Metal Finishing

Policy Positions

2021

Abortion

Do you generally support pro-choice or pro-life legislation?
- Unknown Position

Budget

1. In order to balance the budget, do you support an income tax increase on any tax bracket?
- Unknown Position

2. In order to balance the budget, do you support reducing defense spending?
- Unknown Position

Campaign Finance

Do you support the regulation of indirect campaign contributions from corporations and unions?
- Yes

Economy

1. Do you support federal spending as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Yes

2. Do you support lowering corporate taxes as a means of promoting economic growth?
- Unknown Position

Education

Do you support requiring states to adopt federal education standards?
- Yes

Energy & Environment

1. Do you support government funding for the development of renewable energy (e.g. solar, wind, thermal)?
- Yes

2. Do you support the federal regulation of greenhouse gas emissions?
- Yes

Guns

Do you generally support gun-control legislation?
- Yes

Health Care

Do you support repealing the 2010 Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare")?
- No

Immigration

1. Do you support the construction of a wall along the Mexican border?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support requiring immigrants who are unlawfully present to return to their country of origin before they are eligible for citizenship?
- No

Marijuana

Do you support the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes?
- Unknown Position

National Security

1. Should the United States use military force in order to prevent governments hostile to the U.S. from possessing a nuclear weapon?
- Unknown Position

2. Do you support increased American intervention in Middle Eastern conflicts beyond air support?
- Unknown Position