Massachusetts Voters for Animals Endorses Natalie Higgins for 4th Worcester District State Representative

For Immediate Release
July 22, 2016
Contact: Natalie Higgins, 978-602-3772

Massachusetts Voters for Animals Endorses Natalie Higgins for 4th Worcester District State Representative

LEOMINSTER -- Massachusetts Voters for Animals announced its endorsement of Natalie Higgins, Democratic candidate for State Representative in the 4th Worcester District. “MVFA is pleased to endorse Natalie Higgins’ candidacy for election to the office of State Representative of the 4th Worcester District,” said  Marge Peppercorn, spokesperson for Massachusetts Voters for Animals. “Natalie stands out as a person who truly cares about animal welfare and someone who would be a strong State House advocate for animal protection and the prevention of cruelty.”

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 better funding, more affordability and accessibility for students, and better support for our faculty and staff in public higher education.

A 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.  Then, as a law student, she worked in Governor Patrick’s Office, the Worcester Juvenile Court, Community Legal Aid’s Elder Law Unit, 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. “At Northeastern, I co-chaired the Animal Legal Defense Fund for two years and competed in the National Animal Law Competition,” said Natalie Higgins. “I am honored to have the support of the Massachusetts Voters for Animals in my campaign for State Representative and will continue to fight for animal welfare.”

Natalie Higgins has also been endorsed by the Massachusetts Nurses Association PAC, MassEquality PAC, the Mass Women’s Political Caucus, and the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 4.