Persis S. Yu
What this job does: Your district's vote in the Massachusetts Senate (40 members). Senators write and vote on state laws and the state budget. A term is two years.
- Occupation
- Deputy Executive Director and Managing Counsel, Protect Borrowers
- Lives in
- Boston (Hyde Park)
Background
- Earned a B.A. in psychology from Mount Holyoke College (2003), a Master of Social Work from the University of Washington (2006) and a J.D. from Seattle University School of Law (2009). source: electpersis.com
- Worked as a staff attorney at the National Consumer Law Center from 2011, later directing its Student Loan Borrower Assistance Project. source: electpersis.com
- Has been Deputy Executive Director and Managing Counsel at Protect Borrowers (formerly the Student Borrower Protection Center) since 2021. source: electpersis.com
- Won the September 1, 2026 Democratic primary over incumbent Sen. Mike Rush; no Republican is on the November ballot. source: bostonglobe.com
In their own words
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- Affordable housing and universal childcare source: electpersis.com
- Strong public schools source: electpersis.com
- Environmental and reproductive justice source: electpersis.com
- A fair economy source: electpersis.com
- Consumer and student debt relief source: electpersis.com
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