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Massachusetts Teachers Association Endorses Natalie Higgins for State Representative of the 4th Worcester District

10/27/2016

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For Immediate Release
October 27, 2016
Contact: Natalie Higgins, 978-602-3772

Massachusetts Teachers Association Endorses Natalie Higgins for State Representative of the 4th Worcester District

LEOMINSTER: The Massachusetts Teachers Association endorsed Natalie Higgins (D) in her campaign for State Representative of the 4th Worcester District (Leominster).

“Natalie Higgins will be a compelling advocate in the Legislature for students and public education,” said MTA President Barbara Madeloni. “When meeting with educators, Natalie clearly articulated her firm commitment to our public schools, colleges and universities. We can count on her to be a strong voice for working families and communities throughout Massachusetts.”

Higgins is running for the Leominster House seat that incumbent Rep. Dennis Rosa has announced he will not seek this fall. She is an attorney and executive director of the Public Higher Education Network of Massachusetts (PHENOM), a nonprofit that advocates for more affordable, accessible, and well-staffed public higher education institutions.

A lifelong Leominster resident and 2006 graduate of Leominster High School, Higgins obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from UMass Amherst, earned her law degree from Northeastern University School of Law and was admitted to the Massachusetts Bar in 2014.

She has worked for the last ten years as a community advocate, first as a Rape Crisis Center Teen Counselor/Community Educator throughout Central Massachusetts. As a law student she worked in Governor Patrick’s Office, the Worcester Juvenile Court, Community Legal Aid’s Elder Law Unit, Northeastern’s Domestic Violence Clinic, and with the Reproductive Justice Unit of the Human Rights Law Network in New Delhi, India.

Higgins has pledged to defend public education, increase access to mental health services and create economic development opportunities as State Representative. “As a proud graduate of the Leominster public school system and UMass Amherst, and a first-generation college student, I believe we need to increase access to affordable public education from early education through college.”

Since launching her campaign in February, Higgins has received more than twenty endorsements, including the Massachusetts AFL-CIO, Massachusetts Nurses Association, Massachusetts Voters for Animals, Environmental League of Massachusetts Action Fund, 1199SEIU, Mass-Care, National Association of Social Workers - MA PACE, International Union of Operating Engineers Local 4, Mass Women’s Political Caucus, MassEquality, Massachusetts Organization of State Engineers and Scientists (MOSES), MassNOW, SEIU Local 509, Sierra Club, and Central MA AFL-CIO.

The General Election will be held on November 8th with early voting at City Hall until November 4th. You can learn more about Natalie Higgins and early voting at www.electnataliehiggins.com.

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Contact the Committee to Elect Natalie Higgins
41 Lexington Circle, Leominster, MA 01453
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