Evandro Carvalho | |
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Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the Fifth Suffolk District | |
Assumed office May 14, 2014 |
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Preceded by | Carlos Henriquez |
Personal details | |
Born |
Cape Verde |
September 9, 1981
Nationality | Cape Verdean, American |
Political party | Democratic |
Residence | Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
Alma mater | UMass Amherst, Howard University School of Law |
Occupation | Attorney |
Evandro C. Carvalho (born 1981) is an American attorney and politician serving in the Massachusetts House of Representatives since 2014. He is a member of the Democratic Party from the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, representing the Fifth Suffolk district.
Carvalho was born in Cape Verde. He emigrated to Boston when he was 15 years old. He then graduated from Madison Park Technical Vocational High School, the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Howard University School of Law. He worked in the office of the Suffolk County District Attorney as an assistant DA. He won the Democratic Party primary election for the Fifth Suffolk seat on April 1, 2014, and was unopposed in the general election on April 29, winning with around 739 votes. He was sworn in May 14.