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Cindy Nava | |
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Member-elect of the New Mexico Senate from the 9th district | |
Assuming office January 2025 | |
Succeeding | Brenda McKenna |
Personal details | |
Born | Mexico |
Political party | Democratic |
Education | Santa Fe Community College (AS) University of New Mexico (BA,MS) |
Cindy Nava is an American politician who was elected to serve as a member of the New Mexico Senate in the 2024 election. She will assume office in January 2025.
Born in Mexico,Nava came to the United States with her family as a child. She is a recipient of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. [1] Raised in Santa Fe and Albuquerque,New Mexico,Nava earned an associate degree in education from Santa Fe Community College,followed by a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and a Master of Science in educational leadership and policy from the University of New Mexico. [2]
Prior to seeking elected office,Nava worked as an aide in the New Mexico Legislature. She served in the office of then-Congressman Ben Ray Luján and worked on Luján's 2020 Senate campaign. From 2022 to 2024,Nava served as a senior policy advisor in the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development,one of the first DACA recipients to receive a presidential appointment. [3]
In 2024,Nava resigned from HUD and returned to New Mexico to launch a campaign for the New Mexico Senate. Nava won the Democratic primary and defeated Audrey Trujillo in the general election. [4]
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