Yasmine Taeb's Biography
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Full Name:
Yasmine Parinaz Taeb
Gender:
Female
Home City:
Falls Church, VA
Religion:
Muslim
BA, Political Science, University of Florida
MA, Islam and Muslim-Christian Relations, Georgetown University
JD, Law, Pennsylvania State University, The Dickinson School of Law, 2007-2010
Certified, International Human Rights Law, University of Oxford, 2008
Candidate, Commonwealth of Virginia Senate, District 35, 2019
Candidate, Commonwealth of Virginia House of Delegates, District 48, 2014
No caucus information on file.
Senior Policy Counsel, Center for Victims of Torture, present
Legislative Director for Human Rights & Civil Liberties, Friends Committee on National Legislation, 2015-2018
Project Manager, Center for American Progress, 2014-2015
Political Advisor, Adam Ebbin for Congress, 2014
Government Relations Manager, Arab American Institute, 2012-2014
Fellow, Center for American Progress, Leadership Institute, 2013-2014
Analyst, Navanti Group, Limited Liability Company, 2011-2012
Field Organizer, Obama for America, 2012
Legislative Fellow, Office of United States Representative Karen Bass, 2010-2011
Judicial Extern, Office of Honorable Yvette Kane, Chief United States District Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, 2009
Summer Associate, Office of the Attorney General for the District of Columbia, 2009
Law Clerk, Gibbel Kraybill & Hess, Limited Liability Partnership, 2008
Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellow, United States Department of State, 2004-2005
Member, Democratic National Committee, 2016-present
Gubernatorial Appointee, Family and Childrens Trust Fund of Virginia, 2014-present
Tutor/Mentor, Horton's Kids, 2011-present
Member, Democratic Party of Virginia State Central Committee
Member, Democratic Party of Virginia State Steering Committee
Member, Virginia 8th Congressional District Democratic Committee
Co-Vice Chair, Democratic Asian Americans of Virginia, 2015-2017
Commissioner, Arlington County Human Rights Commission, 2013-2016
Member, NARAL Pro-Choice Virginia Board of Directors, 2014-2016
Commissioner, Arlington County Commission on the Status of Women, 2011-2013
Awards:
We are EMILY Award, 2017, EMILY's List
Outstanding Young Alumni, 2017, University of Florida
Diversity Award for Leadership in the Legal Profession, 2016, Penn State Law School
Young Women of Achievement Honoree in Service/Nonprofit Advocacy, 2016, Women's Information Network