April Somboun Hopes More Moms Run for Office

by Emma DaveyMarch 1, 2021April 19, 2021

Credit: April Somboun for NYC Council District 33

April Somboun knows what it’s like to struggle and knows the challenges facing Brooklyn families everyday. A Lao refugee and immigrant, Somboun cut her political teeth working on the campaigns of Washington state Governor Gary Locke and Barack Obama and actively volunteers within her Brooklyn Heights community. “I hope that me being a mom, and a working mom to two young kids that I can be a voice to this district that is growing, that…

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