Phara Souffrant Forest, 31, is set to become a brand-new New York State assemblymember in November. She's one of a slate of young democratic socialist candidates in New York City who won their Democratic primaries in June.
A nurse from Crown Heights, Souffrant Forest was working full time while campaigning during the pandemic — and was tending to a patient when she heard the news that she won her primary over an eight-year incumbent.
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Phara Souffrant Forest, 31, is set to become a brand-new New York State assemblymember in November. She's one of a slate of young democratic socialist candidates in New York City who won their Democratic primaries in June. A nurse from Crown Heights, Souffrant Forest was working full time while [...]
