{{short description|American politician from Florida}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = Dotie Joseph.jpg | image_size = | name = Dotie Joseph | caption = | state_house = Florida | state = Florida | district = 108th | term_start = November 6, 2018 | term_end = | preceded = Roy Hardemon | constituency = | majority = | party = Democratic | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | alma_mater = | occupation = | website = }} '''Dotie Joseph''' is a Democratic member of the Florida Legislature representing the State's 108th House district. Joseph was born in Haiti and moved to Florida in 1982. She lives in North Miami.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dotie Joseph|url=https://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Representatives/details.aspx?MemberId=4716&LegislativeTermId=88}}</ref>
==Education== Dotie Joseph attended Miami-Dade public schools—including Lakeview Elementary, fine arts magnet programs at and Charles Drew Elementary and Miami Norland Middle School, and Design and Architecture Senior High (DASH). Joseph went on to graduate from Yale University with a degree in Political Sciences, earned a Juris Doctor from Georgetown University Law Center. Joseph studied abroad in France with Columbia University in Paris, and with the Institute for International Mediation and Conflict Resolution in The Hague in the Netherlands. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://dotiejoseph.com/bio-2|title=Dotie Joseph Campaign|website=dotiejoseph.com|access-date=22 May 2022}}</ref>
==Career== Joseph has worked as a federal judicial law clerk, legal consultant, a government and civil rights lawyer in the public and private sector.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Representative Dotie Joseph {{!}} NAAHP|date=9 October 2018 |url=https://naahpusa.org/profile/dotie-joseph-esq/|access-date=2020-08-26|language=en-US}}</ref> She is currently an attorney with Ottinot Law, an all-black law firm which specializes in complex government and business matters.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Representatives {{!}} Miami, FL|url=https://www.ottinotlawpa.com/about-dotie}}</ref>
Joseph won the election for Florida's House of Representatives on November 6, 2018, from the platform of Democratic Party. She secured 92% of the vote while her closest rival, an LPF candidate, secured eight percent.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/06/us/elections/results-florida-elections.html|title=Florida Election Results - Election Results 2018 - The New York Times|website=The New York Times|date=6 November 2018 |access-date=18 November 2018}}</ref>
In 2022, Representative Joseph was selected to serve as Minority Leader Pro Tempore, becoming the first Haitian-American to hold a leadership position of Speaker, Leader or Pro Tempore position in any state or federal legislative body in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Request Rejected | url=https://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Representatives/details.aspx?MemberId=4716 | access-date=2026-01-01 | website=www.myfloridahouse.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Adrienne Arsht Center Trust Appoints New Board Members |url=https://www.arshtcenter.org/press-room/current-press-releases/press-releases/adrienne-arsht-center-trust-appoints-new-board-members/ |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=www.arshtcenter.org}}</ref>
After a prolific legislative term, Leader Pro Tempore Joseph was elected to her fourth term in 2024 without opposition.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://floridapolitics.com/archives/679923-dotie-joseph-automatically-re-elected-to-third-house-term/|title=Dotie Joseph automatically re-elected to fourth House term|website=Florida Politics|date=14 June 2024 |access-date=20 June 2024}}</ref>
In December 2024, Joseph was selected for the Future Caucus Innovation Fellowship for the 2025-2026 Civic Innovation cohort, a bipartisan fellowship for lawmakers committed to improving civic engagement and democratic processes.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wyatt |first=Garrett |date=2024-12-10 |title=64 Gen Z and Millennial Lawmakers Chosen for Bipartisan Future Caucus Fellowship |url=https://futurecaucus.org/64-gen-z-and-millennial-lawmakers-chosen-for-bipartisan-future-caucus-fellowship/ |access-date=2025-06-11 |website=Future Caucus |language=en-US}}</ref>
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