Robbyn Terresa Lewis (born July 18, 1963) is an

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who represents the 46th legislative district in the

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Background

Lewis attended public schools in

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and

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and then earned a

bachelor's degree A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six ...

in anthropology from the

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chicago is consistently ranked among the b ...

. In 1998, she was conferred a

master's degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

in Public Health from

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. Lewis was a

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volunteer in Niger from 1990 to 1991, research coordinator for the Bloomberg School of Public Health, The

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in 1998, a consultant for Population Services International's Haiti Office in 1999, a program manager for the Cervical Cancer Prevention Program at the Johns Hopkins Program for International Education in Gynecology and Obstetrics from 2004 to 2006. She was the regional manager for West and South Africa, International Pregnancy Advisory Services from 2012 to 2014 and has served as a consultant for the Maryland Environmental Health Network and the Baltimore Tree Trust. She is a special assistant to the Maryland Health Exchange. On December 30, 2016, Maryland Governor

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announced that he would accept the Democratic State Central Committee's recommendation and appointed her to the Maryland House of Delegates. Lewis was sworn in by House Speaker

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on January 10, 2017.

In the legislature

Lewis was appointed to the Environment and Transportation Committee and its Environment and Transportation and its Land Use and Ethics Subcommittees.
Lewis is a member of the

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and the

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References

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