Marsella Duarte is an American politician and educator who served as a member of the

New Mexico House of Representatives ) is the lower house of the New Mexico State Legislature. There are 70 members of the House. Each member represents roughly 25,980 residents of New Mexico. The most recent elections were held on November 3, 2020. Composition Leadership Cu ...

for the 16th district from 2022 to 2023. She was appointed to the position on December 14, 2022, succeeding

Moe Maestas Antonio "Moe" Maestas (born July 6, 1968) is an American attorney and politician from Albuquerque, New Mexico. He is currently serving as a member of the New Mexico Senate from the 26th district, and previously served as a state house representa ...

Career

Since November 2021, Duarte has worked as a kindergarten teacher in the

Albuquerque Public Schools Albuquerque Public Schools (APS) is a school district based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Founded in 1891, APS is the largest of 89 public school districts in the state of New Mexico. In 2010 it had a total of 143 schools with some 95,000 students, ...

. She was previously a legal assistant and worked

Maggie Toulouse Oliver Maggie Toulouse Oliver (born ) is an American politician from the state of New Mexico. She is the 26th Secretary of State of New Mexico and a member of the Democratic Party. Prior to serving as Secretary of State, Toulouse Oliver was the coun ...

's 2020 campaign for the

United States Senate The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States. The composition and pow ...

. On December 14, 2022, the Bernalillo County Commission selected Duarte to fill the remainder of

's House term.

References

Living people Democratic Party members of the New Mexico House of Representatives Women state legislators in New Mexico Educators from New Mexico Politicians from Albuquerque, New Mexico Year of birth missing (living people) {{New Mexico politician stub