Nancy Navarro
Nancy Navarro | |
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| Member of the Montgomery County Council from the 4th district | |
| In office 2009 – December 5, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Donald Praisner |
| Succeeded by | Kate Stewart |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 15, 1965 |
| Party | Democratic |
| Education | University of Missouri (BS) |
Nancy Navarro (born August 15, 1965) is a Venezuelan-American politician and the first Latina county council member in Montgomery County, Maryland.[1] She served on the county council from 2009 to 2022, representing District 4, the largest and most diverse district in the county.[2]
Navarro was appointed to the President’s Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics by President Barack Obama in 2011.[2]
Navarro received international attention in March 2021 when two technicians were heard laughing at her accent during a virtual council meeting while she was speaking about inequitable distribution of the COVID-19 vaccination.[3][4][5][6]
Early life and education
[edit | edit source]Navarro was born in Caracas, Venezuela.[2] She graduated from University of Missouri-Columbia with a Bachelor's of Science in Psychology.[2]
Career
[edit | edit source]Before running for public office, Navarro was an educator in the Montgomery County Public School System. She was elected to the Montgomery County Board of Education in 2004.[1] She served five years on the Board of Education and held the offices of both President and Vice-President. During her time on the school board, Navarro co-founded Centro Familia, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to assist the economic and educational development of Latino and other immigrant communities.[7]
Navarro was elected to Maryland's Montgomery County County council in a May 2009 special election. She is a self-proclaimed progressive Democrat who has championed legislation to increase racial equity, provide resources to Latinos striving for higher education and increase economic development.[2]
In October 2011, President Barack Obama appointed Navarro as a member of the President’s Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics, where she served on the Early Childhood Education Committee.[2]
In 2018, she was president of the Montgomery County Council.[8] In 2020, she opposed ballot questions B and D.[9]
In 2022, Rushern Baker chose Navarro as his running mate in the Democratic primary of the 2022 Maryland gubernatorial election.[10]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Navarro resides in Silver Spring, Maryland with her husband, Reginald, and their two daughters, Anais and Isabel.[1]
Awards and accolades
[edit | edit source]In 2007, Navarro was awarded the Hispanic Hero Award by the U.S. Hispanic Youth Entrepreneur Education.[7] She is also a 2009 recipient of the Heart of the Community Award from the Community Teachers Institute.[11][12] Additionally, she has received the Maryland State Department of Education "Women Who Dare" Leadership Award, and the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Montgomery County Leadership Award.[13] In 2020, she was inducted into the County Women's History Archives.[14][15] In 2021, Navarro was elected as a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.[16]
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External links
[edit | edit source]- The Politics Hour: March 12, 2021 | WAMU
- Nancy Navarro, County Council, Montgomery County, Maryland, Maryland Manual Online (Maryland State Archives)
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- Living people
- 1965 births
- Hispanic and Latino American women in politics
- Hispanic and Latino American city council members
- Maryland Democrats
- People from Colesville, Maryland
- People from Silver Spring, Maryland
- Politicians from Caracas
- School board members in Maryland
- University of Missouri alumni
- Venezuelan emigrants to the United States
- 21st-century American women
- County commissioners in Maryland