Junie Joseph is an American attorney and politician serving as a member of the

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for the 10th district. Elected in November 2022, she assumed office on January 9, 2023.

Early life and education

Joseph was born in

Port-au-Prince Port-au-Prince ( ; ; , ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Haiti, most populous city of Haiti. The city's population was estimated at 1,200,000 in 2022 with the metropolitan area estimated at a population of 2,618,894. The me ...

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in 1985 or 1986, and moved with to her family to

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at the age of 14. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the

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and a Master of Arts in applied human rights from the

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. She earned a

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from the

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Career

Joseph worked in the

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as an intern and was a fellow on a

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program. Joseph was elected to the Boulder City Council in 2019 and the

in November 2022. Joseph was a 2024 presidential elector, pledged to vote for Kamala Harris. In 2024, Joseph was selected for the Energy & Environment Innovation Fellowship hosted by Future Caucus, a bipartisan group of legislators concerned with climate change, energy policy, and environmental justice.

References

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