Yvanna Cancela

Yvanna Cancela (born 1987) is an American politician Nevada. A member of the Democratic Party, she represented the 10th district of the Nevada Senate from 2017 to 2021. She joined the Biden Administration on January 20, 2021.

Yvanna Cancela
Member of the Nevada Senate
from the 10th district
In office
February 6, 2017 – January 12, 2021
Preceded byRubén Kihuen
Succeeded byVacant
Personal details
Born1987 (age 33–34)
Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
EducationNorthwestern University (BA)

Early life and education

Cancela was born to Cuban immigrants in Phoenix, Arizona, and raised in Miami, Florida. She graduated from Northwestern University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications in 2010.

Career

Nevada politics

During the summer of 2009, she interned in Harry Reid's United States Senate office. She then moved to Nevada to work on Reid's 2010 reelection campaign.[1][2]

Cancela served as the political director for the Culinary Workers Union for six years. She now serves as executive director of the Immigrant Workers Citizenship Project.[1] In 2017, Cancela was chosen to succeed Ruben Kihuen, who was elected to the United States House of Representatives, in the Nevada Senate. She took office on February 6, 2017.[3] She became the first Latina to serve in the Nevada Senate.[4]

Cancela was selected as one of seventeen speakers to jointly deliver the keynote address at the 2020 Democratic National Convention.[5] She was also chosen to serve as one of the convention's parliamentarians.[6]

Biden administration

On January 12, 2021 Cancela announced her resignation in order to join the incoming administration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. She now serves in the United States Department of Health and Human Services. She submitted the attached letter of resignation to Governor of Nevada Steve Sisolak. In her resignation letter, she wrote in part "I could not turn down the offer to continue to serve The Silver State, and our great nation." She announced her resignation would take effect immediately. The Clark County Commission will select a replacement to serve the remainder of her term. Since her position does not require a confirmation vote from the United States Senate, she was sworn in on January 20, 2021, and immediately assumed her post.

References
  1. Snyder, Riley (January 17, 2017). "Freshman Orientation: State Senator Yvanna Cancela". The Nevada Independent. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  2. "3 apply for Ruben Kihuen's vacant Senate District 10 seat". December 1, 2016. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
  3. https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/nevada/yvanna-cancela-wants-to-fight-for-working-families-as-member-of-nevada-senate/
  4. Davidson, Michael Scott (January 31, 2017). "Yvanna Cancela chosen to fill Ruben Kihuen's Senate District 10 seat". Las Vegas Review Journal. Retrieved January 31, 2017.
  5. "Democrats Unveil A New Kind of Convention Keynote". 2020 Democratic National Convention. August 16, 2020. Retrieved August 16, 2020.
  6. "Democratic National Convention Announces 2020 Convention Officers, Schedule of Events". 2020 Democratic National Convention. July 30, 2020. Retrieved August 3, 2020.
Party political offices
Preceded by
Elizabeth Warren		 Keynote Speaker of the Democratic National Convention
2020
Served alongside: Stacey Abrams, Raumesh Akbari, Colin Allred, Brendan Boyle, Kathleen Clyde, Nikki Fried, Robert Garcia, Marlon Kimpson, Conor Lamb, Mari Manoogian, Victoria Neave, Jonathan Nez, Sam Park, Denny Ruprecht, Randall Woodfin		 Most recent


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