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Yvanna Cancela's Biography

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Full Name:

Yvanna Denise Cancela

Gender:

Female

Birth Date:

1987

Birth Place:

Phoenix, AZ

Home City:

Las Vegas, NV

BA, Communication and Media Studies, Northwestern University, 2006-2010

Majority Whip, Nevada State Senate, 2019-2021

Senator, Nevada State Senate, District 10, 2017-2021

Candidate, Nevada State Senate, District 10, 2018

Former Member, Commerce, Labor and Energy Committee, Nevada State Senate

Former Chair, Natural Resources Committee, Nevada State Senate

Executive Director, Immigrant Workers Citizenship Project, 2016-present

Political Director, UNITE HERE, Culinary Workers Union Local 226, 2010-2016

Field Organizer, Harry Reid United States Senate Campaign, 2010

Member, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Nevada, 2013-present

Member, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), 2012-present

Member, Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada

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