Stacey Travers
{{Short description|American politician, scientist, and military veteran}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Stacey Travers
|state_house = Arizona
|district = 12th
|term_start = January 9, 2023
|alongside = Patty Contreras
|term_end =
|predecessor = Jake Hoffman
|successor =
|image = Stacey Travers by Gage Skidmore.jpg
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|party = Democratic
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|residence = Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
|alma_mater = University of Arizona
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Anastasia "Stacey" Travers is an American politician, scientist, and U.S. Army veteran. She is a Democratic member of the Arizona House of Representatives elected to represent District 12 in 2022.
Life
Travers was born in Athens to a U.S. military father and a Greek mother.{{Cite web |title=Endorsement: Stacey Travers |url=https://www.newpolitics.org/stacey-travers |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=New Politics |language=en-US}} She served in the U.S. Army as a Russian Intelligence Interceptor. She completed a B.S. in geosciences from the University of Arizona. She conducted postgraduate studies at the University of Oxford. She worked with disabled veterans and the unsheltered in the United Kingdom.{{Cite web |last=Maryniak |first=Paul |date=December 18, 2022 |title=Ahwatukee's 2 new lawmakers ready to work |url=https://www.ahwatukee.com/news/article_689cba5e-7b0e-11ed-ad63-2f5b8931d077.html |access-date=2023-01-08 |website=Ahwatukee Foothills News |language=en}} When she returned to the United States, she worked in West Los Angeles and was a legislative liaison in Sacramento, California. Travers worked for AMVETS and advocated for veteran women's issues, the homeless, and disabled. She also advocated for the Pacific branch of the National Home for Disabled Veteran Soldiers.
Travers was elected to the Arizona House of Representatives in 2022. She serves on the military affairs and public safety and the natural resources energy and water committees.
References
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External links
- {{Official website}}
- [https://ballotpedia.org/Anastasia_Travers Biography] at Ballotpedia
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Category:Democratic Party members of the Arizona House of Representatives
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:21st-century American women politicians
Category:Women state legislators in Arizona
Category:American people of Greek descent
Category:Politicians from Athens
Category:Female United States Army personnel
Category:University of Arizona alumni
Category:21st-century members of the Arizona State Legislature
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