User talk:Davidt8/LeAnna Washington

LeAnna M. Washington is a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania State Senate who was first elected to represent the 4th District in a special election in May 2005.

Career
Her Senate biography states that she is "a high school dropout, teen parent, and victim of domestic violence early in her marriage" and that her "tenacity, perseverance and faith in God allowed her to transform victimhood to victory." In 1989 she earned a Master of Health Science degree from Lincoln University. Prior to elective office, she worked as District Office Manager for former Pennsylvania Senator Joseph Rocks and as manager of the Philadelphia Parking Authority Employee Assistance Program.

She was first elected to represent the 200th legislative district in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in a special election on November 2, 1993 following the resignation of Gordon J. Linton.

She was elected to represent the 4th senatorial district in the Pennsylvania Senate in a special election held on May 17, 2005.

She is an Arcadia University trustee.