Erika Uyterhoeven | |
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| Member of theMassachusetts House of Representatives from the27th Middlesex district | |
| Assumed office January 6, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Denise Provost |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1986-07-26)July 26, 1986 (age 39) Boston,Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Other political affiliations | Democratic Socialists of America |
| Education | Wellesley College University of Toulouse Harvard Business School |
Erika Uyterhoeven (born July 26, 1986) is a member of theMassachusetts House of Representatives for the27th Middlesex district.[1] Uyterhoeven is a member of theDemocratic Party and theDemocratic Socialists of America (DSA). Prior to serving in elected office, Uyterhoeven was a political activist andantitrust economist.[2]
Uyterhoeven was born on July 26, 1986, to a single mother born inJapan.[3] Her mother was a union flight attendant, and Uyterhoeven has cited the rise ofneoliberalism and the decline of the labor movement beginning in the 1980s as formative for her political development.[2] Her father was a professor at Harvard Business School.[4]
Uyterhoeven attendedWayland High School inWayland, Massachusetts, graduating in 2004. She received her bachelor's degree fromWellesley College in 2010, and received a master’s degree from theUniversity of Toulouse in 2014. In 2019, Uyterhoeven graduated with a master’s in business administration (MBA) fromHarvard Business School.[5]
In 2020, Uyterhoeven ran to replace retiring incumbentDenise Provost as the member of theMassachusetts House of Representatives27th Middlesex district.[1] Running as a self-describeddemocratic socialist, Uyterhoeven's successful campaign emphasized support for increased government transparency.[6]
She previously organized withMomentum, asocialist organization in the United Kingdom.[7] Uyterhoeven is a member of theDemocratic Socialists of America (DSA).
Uyterhoeven ran successfully reelection in the 2022 election, after successfully winning the nomination against a primary challenger.[8] Her campaign literature cited endorsements from the Massachusetts Nurses Association, the Massachusetts Teachers Association, Reproductive Equity Now, Massachusetts AFL-CIO, SEIU Local 509, Somerville Municipal Employees Assoc., United Auto Workers, IBEW 2222, Boston DSA, Massachusetts Sierra Club, Progressive Massachusetts, and LIUNA (Laborers International Union North America).[9]
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