Jonathon Acosta | |
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Member of the Rhode Island Senate from the 16th district | |
Assumed office January 5, 2021 | |
Preceded by | Elizabeth Crowley |
Personal details | |
Born | New York City,New York,U.S. | November 3,1989
Political party | Democratic |
Domestic partner | Aly Chatham |
Children | 2 |
Education | Brown University (BA,MA,MA) |
Jonathon Acosta (born November 3,1989) is an American politician and academic serving as a member of the Rhode Island Senate from the 16th district. Elected in November 2020,he assumed office on January 5,2021.
Acosta was born in New York City in 1989. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science,Master of Arts in urban education policy,and Master of Arts in sociology from Brown University. [1]
Acosta was a postdoctoral trainee at Brown University. [2] From 2011 to 2013,he was an eighth grade math teacher in the Miami-Dade County Public Schools. From 2013 to 2017,he was a teacher and administrator at Blackstone Valley Prep Junior High School,a charter school in Central Falls,Rhode Island. [3]
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