Maria Cervania
State houseNorth Carolina
StateNorth Carolina
District41st
Term startJanuary 1, 2023
PredecessorGale Adcock
Office 1Member of the Wake County Board of Commissioners
from the 3rd District
Term start 1December 2, 2020
Term end 1December 4, 2022
Predecessor 1Jessica Holmes
Successor 1Cheryl Stallings
Birth placeOakland, California, U.S.
OccupationBiostatistician
PartyDemocratic
EducationUniversity of California at Berkeley (BA)
University of Illinois Chicago (MPH)
WebsiteOfficial website

Maria Cervania is an American epidemiologist and politician serving as a Democratic member of the North Carolina House of Representatives, representing the 41st district in western Wake County since 2023.[1][2] Cervania previously served on the Wake County Board of Commissioners from 2020 to 2022, making her the first person of AAPI descent to be elected to the Board.[3][4] She's a member of the Progressive House Caucus.[5]

Committee assignments

2023-2024 Session

  • Appropriations
  • Appropriations - Health and Human Services
  • Energy and Public Utilities
  • Health
  • Oversight and Reform

References

  1. ^ "Maria Cervania's Biography". Vote Smart. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
  2. ^ "Maria Cervania". Ballotpedia. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
  3. ^ Bonner, Lynn (November 17, 2022). "First Asian American women elected to the NC legislature". NC Newsline. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
  4. ^ "'Honored and Humbled.' Asian American women elected to NCGA aim to increase representation". ABC11 Raleigh-Durham. 2023-03-15. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
  5. ^ "Who we are". NC Progressive House Caucus. Retrieved 1 January 2026.