Candidate Biography (submitted by campaign):

• Married to Steve Wrinn since 1994
• Renovated old house in Historic Boylan Heights
• Adopted Ralph, their dog from Wake County SPCA
• Teaches at Senior Lecturing Fellow at Duke Law School and acts as an advisor on business and ethics for Duke's Kenan Institute for Ethics.
• Practices law since 1990, specializing in constitutional law, civil rights and municipal finance.
• Graduated from Brown University in 1985 and UNC Law School in 1990
• Winner of the 2006-Apex NAACP Humanitarian Award
• Winner of the 2003 Frank Porter Graham Award for Civil Liberties
• Winner of the 2000 Defender of Justice Award for public policy research and advocacy.
• Ranked the 11th most effective member of the NC House of Representatives in 2005
• William Friday Fellow for Human Relations
• Aspen-Rodel Fellow

I am proud and pleased to be the Representative for North Carolina House District 38.  I want to keep making a difference for the residents of District 38.

As a representative, I pushed for laws to increase access to health care, promote economic development and historic preservation, enhance economic security, increase education opportunities, and protect our neighborhoods.

This session I worked on several new laws that help and protect our citizens.  I supported a high-risk insurance pool and mental health parity.  I also secured additional funding for the North Carolina Housing Trust Fund and several projects in downtown Raleigh.  I promoted new programs to help with the cost of higher education.  I sponsored new laws to protect victims of domestic violence. And, I worked with my colleagues from Wake County to improve environmental safety.

Continuing my work form last session, I pushed for pay raises for teachers and state employees. And, I worked to pass significant ethics and campaign reform.  I will continue to advocate for mental health needs for Wake County and the future of Dorothea Dix property.  You can look at the list of these bills and others I sponsor on the legislature's website at www.ncleg.net.

House District 38 includes downtown Raleigh, part of Southeast Raleigh and part of Garner.  My husband and I live in Boylan heights in the heart of the district.

I run a grassroots re-election campaign.  You may have seen me at CAC meetings, state employee's annual meetings, neighborhood and civic events, and churches.  I enjoy meting people and listening to their concerns because I care about our community.  I strive to be accessible and visible throughout the District.