Yvette D. Clarke

A Representative from New York. Born in Brooklyn, Kings County, N. Y. , November 21, 1964. Graduated from Edward R. Murrow High School, New York City, N. Y. , 1982. Attended Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, 1982-1986. Childcare specialist. Staff, state senator Velmanette Montgomery, 1989-1991. Executive assistant, New York state Workers' Compensation Board, 1992-1993. Youth program director. Business development director. Member of the New York, N. Y. , city council, 2002-2007. Unsuccessful candidate for nomination for the One Hundred Ninth Congress in 2004. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Tenth and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2007-present).