Sonia Chang-Díaz
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| Member of the Massachusetts Senate from the 2nd Suffolk district |
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Assumed office 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Dianne Wilkerson |
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March 31, 1978 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Alma mater | University of Virginia |
| Occupation | Teacher |
| Website | Campaign website |
Sonia Rosa Chang-Díaz (born March 31, 1978) is an American politician who represents the 2nd Suffolk District in the Massachusetts Senate. She is the first Latina elected to the Massachusetts Senate.
Chang-Díaz has both Chinese and Costa Rican heritage through her father Franklin Chang-Díaz, a Costa Rican-American physicist and former NASA astronaut. Sonia Chang-Díaz was born shortly after her father earned his Doctor of Science degree from MIT. Chang-Díaz grew up in Newton, Massachusetts, where her mother was a social worker, and both her parents were active volunteers in the community.
Before seeking election Chang-Díaz was a teacher in the Lynn school system, a teacher in the Boston Public Schools system, and an outreach director for the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center. She lives in Jamaica Plain. She is married.
On January 16, 2014, Chang-Diaz became one of the first elected officials in Massachusetts to endorse Don Berwick for Governor of Massachusetts. She has since served as Chair of Berwick's campaign.
In 2006, incumbent state senator Dianne Wilkerson failed to submit nomination papers with enough signatures for certification on the Democratic primary election, requiring her to run a write-in campaign for the party's nomination. Chang-Díaz entered the race as write-in as well, challenging Wilkerson in a minority-majority district covering a number of the inner-city neighborhoods of Boston. Wilkerson won the nomination and was re-elected.
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