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About Maura

Maura is a mother, community organizer, activist, and educator who lives in Batavia with her husband and their three children. As a founding member of Kane and Kendall County Moms Demand Action; her belief in common sense gun legislation and safety has driven Maura to pursue change at the local, state, and federal level. Her commitments to education, advocacy, and community service led Maura to run for office. Maura has served as the Representative for the 49th district since 2021. She sits on several education- and childhood- related committees, three appropriations committees, Veterans Affairs, Restorative Justice & Public Safety, and is the inaugural Chair of the Gun Violence Prevention Committee. She has also served on the Energy & Environment and Housing committees. Maura is an appointed member of the bicameral and bipartisan Medicaid Working Group, the treasurer of the House Democratic Women's Caucus, and serves on several Task Forces and organizational Boards.

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Full-time legislator, first elected in 2020; founding member of the Kane and Kendall County chapter of Moms Demand Action; former president of the Batavia Mothers' Club Foundation; teacher; B.A. in English from Colby College in Waterville, Maine; elementary and special education studies from University of Colorado, Denver.