Candidate Biography (submitted by candidate):

Representative Rosa Gill was appointed to the NC House District # 33 on June 18, 2009 by Governor Beverly Perdue to complete the term of now Senator Dan Blue. She was elected to and served 10 years on the Wake County Board of Education. Rosa served the last two of her ten years as chair and one as vice chair of the Board.

Rosa is a graduate of the Wake County Public Schools, twelfth of thirteen children, lifelong resident of Wake County and earned a BS Degree in Mathematics from Shaw University, Raleigh, NC. She was also a Certified Public Manager. She taught mathematics in the Wake and Johnston Counties Public Schools for 23 years and worked as an administrator of the Public Records Section of the DMV-DOT for 12 years. She is a retired state employee/classroom teacher.

She continues to be very involved in many social, professional and civic organizations. Rosa served on the Board of Directors of NC School Board Association and currently serves on the following boards: Southlight, Inc., Raleigh-Apex NAACP, WEB DuBois Community Development Board, JLBC Alliance, and Triangle Childcare Service Association. She serves as the North Carolina State Director for Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. and is actively involved with the Wake County Voter Coalition, a member of the State and County Democratic Executive Committee, NC Legislative Black Caucus, Women in Government, Democratic Women of Wake County and many more.

Today, families are working harder and making less. The state's unemployment rate is at a record high and job growth has almost come to a halt. Working families are feeling the pinch from today's tight economy. That is why fighting to create new jobs for our community is the number one issue for my campaign. Providing tax credits, extending health care tax credit, providing an economic incentive program and funding a small business development centers at community colleges are just a few of the ways to aid small business in creating new jobs.

Investing in k-12 education, our community colleges and our university system is an investment in a stronger economy. A well educated workforce leads to good jobs and a successful prosperous economy.

Other issues that will need to be address are:

• Improving access to preventive health care services
• Providing fairness in the criminal justice system
• Protecting the vulnerable populations (youth, seniors and victims of domestic violence)
• Protecting our natural resources through tougher environmental legislation