PERSON: Mallory McMorrow

Senator

Mallory McMorrow (born August 23, 1986) is an American politician who has served in the Michigan Senate since January 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she represents the 13th district; the area includes Berkley, Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, Clawson, Rochester Hills, Royal Oak, and Troy, Michigan. Prior to running for the Michigan Senate McMorrow worked in industrial design.

McMorrow was born in Whitehouse, New Jersey. She was raised Catholic and her family was active in their local parish.[2] McMorrow sang in her church choir, and her mother taught Confraternity of Christian Doctrine classes.[2] However, her parents divorced, and their priest called her mother “disappointing” and said she was “not living up to the Church’s expectations”. McMorrow said that on Sundays, she and her mother volunteered at local soup kitchens outside of the diocese.[3]

McMorrow received a Bachelor of Arts in industrial design from the University of Notre Dame in 2008. During her junior year at Notre Dame, she won a public design contest for the Mazda3. After graduation McMorrow worked for design firms in New York and Los Angeles before moving to Michigan.

>> Wikipedia