Melisa López Franzen
Office: State Senate (MN) - 49 , Democratic/Farmer/Labor
On The Ballot: False, Democratic/Farmer/Labor for State Senate (MN) - 49
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Birth Date
N/A
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Birth Place
Puerto Rico
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Home City
MN,
Family
Husband: Nathan; 2 children: Phillip, Arthur,
EDUCATION
MA, Public Policy, Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, 2001-2003
BA, Political Science, Inter-American University of Puerto Rico-San German Campus
JD, 2003-2006, School of Law, Hamline University
POLITICAL EXPERIENCE
Senator, Minnesota State Senate, District 49, 2012-2023
COMMITTEES
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
President and Co-Founder, NewPublica, 2014-present
Attorney, Target Corporation, 2006-2014
RELIGIOUS, CIVIC, AND OTHER MEMBERSHIPS
Volunteer, Neighborhood House, present
Member, Board of Directors, Comunidades Latinas Unidas en Servicio (CLUES), 2014-present
Member, Board of Directors, Girls Scouts, Minnesota and Wisconsin River Valleys, 2011-present
Regional President, Region XI, Hispanic National Bar Association, 2011-present
President, Hispanic Bar Association, Minnesota, 2009-2010
Volunteer, Center for Urban and Regional Affairs
Volunteer, Minnesota Women Lawyers
Volunteer, Saint Paul Foundation
Volunteer, Centro Legal