Sade Elhawary

{{short description|American politician and community organizer}}

{{use mdy dates|date=November 2024}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Sade Elhawary

| image = Sade Elhawary, 2024.jpg

| caption = Official portrait, 2024

| birth_name = Zeinab Sade Elhawary

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|12|19}}https://www.joincalifornia.com/candidate/15023

| birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

| state_assembly = California

| district = 57th

| predecessor = Reggie Jones-Sawyer

| term_start = December 2, 2024

| alma_mater = University of California, Los Angeles (BA)
Harvard University (ME)

| occupation = Politician

}}

Zeinab Sade Elhawary{{Cite web|last=Taylor |first=Sarah Grace |title=Hitting all the wrong notes in LA |work=POLITICO |date=February 22, 2024 |url=https://www.politico.com/newsletters/california-playbook-pm/2024/02/22/hitting-all-the-wrong-notes-in-la-00142849 |access-date=November 6, 2024}} is an American politician and community organizer, who is the California State Assemblymember for the 57th district. A member of the Democratic Party, Elhawary previously worked as an educator and for Mayor Karen Bass.{{Cite web|last=Orona |first=Ashley |title=Two candidates vie to win an expensive state election in South Central LA |date=October 22, 2024 |work=Los Angeles Public Press |url=https://lapublicpress.org/2024/10/south-central-election-ad57-elhawary-martinez/ |access-date=November 6, 2024}}

Early life and education

Elhawary was born in Los Angeles to immigrant parents. She is half-Guatemalan and half-Egyptian.{{Cite web|last=Koseff |first=Alexei |title=In the heart of Black Los Angeles, the future of Latino political power emerges |date=October 25, 2024 |work=CalMatters |url=https://calmatters.org/politics/elections/2024/10/california-election-latino-black-political-power/ |access-date=November 6, 2024}} She received her bachelor's degree from the University of California, Los Angeles and her master's degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.{{Cite web|title=Sade Elhawary |work=LGBTQ Victory Fund |url=https://victoryfund.org/candidate/elhawary-sade/ |access-date=November 6, 2024}}

Personal life

Elhawary is a foster mother and resides in South Central Los Angeles.{{Cite web|title=Endorsement: Sade Elhawary for State Assembly District 57 |date=September 19, 2024 |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2024-09-19/endorsement-sade-elhawary-for-state-assembly-district-57 |access-date=November 6, 2024}} She is bisexual.

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