Kathy Castor

A Representative from Florida. Born in Miami, Miami-Dade County, Fla. , August 20, 1966. Graduated from Chamberlain High School, Tampa, Fla. , 1984. B. A. , Emory University, Atlanta, Ga. , 1988. J. D. , Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fla. , 1991. Lawyer, private practice. Member of the Hillsborough County (Fla. ) board of commissioners, 2002 to 2006. Unsuccessful candidate for election to the Florida state senate in 2000. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Tenth and to the nine succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2007-present). Chair, Select Committee on the Climate Crisis (One Hundred Sixteenth and One Hundred Seventeenth Congresses).