Samantha Sencer-Mura was born on February 2,1989 and is an American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2023.
14 Facts About Samantha Sencer-Mura
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Samantha Sencer-Mura's father is David Mura, a poet and playwright.
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Samantha Sencer-Mura's grandparents were incarcerated in internment camps during World War II.
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Samantha Sencer-Mura earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in critical theory and social justice from Occidental College and a Master of Education in school leadership from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
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Samantha Sencer-Mura began her career as a teacher at Citizen Schools in New York City.
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Samantha Sencer-Mura later worked as a coordinator at Safe Passages and community schools director of United for Success Academy in Oakland, California.
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In 2017, Samantha Sencer-Mura returned to Minneapolis to join 826 MSP, a nonprofit after-school program, as executive director.
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Samantha Sencer-Mura was elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 2022.
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Samantha Sencer-Mura first ran for an open seat created by legislative redistricting and the retirement of 11-term DFL incumbent Jim Davnie.
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Samantha Sencer-Mura is the first Japanese-American elected to the state legislature.
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Samantha Sencer-Mura serves on the Agriculture Finance and Policy, Education Finance, Workforce Development Finance and Policy, and Transportation Finance and Policy Committees.
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Samantha Sencer-Mura is a member of the House People of Color and Indigenous Caucus and the Minnesota Asian and Pacific Caucus.
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Samantha Sencer-Mura wrote a bill that would require Minnesota high schools offer an ethnic studies course, saying, "students of all racial and ethnic identities benefit from ethnic studies".
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Samantha Sencer-Mura sponsored a transit safety bill after an 87-year-old woman in her district was injured while using public transit.