Education
Xavier University of Louisiana.
Xavier University of Louisiana.
He is the founding and senior pastor of the Abundant Life Church in Brooklyn and was previously the executive pastor of First Baptist Church of Crown Heights. He was first elected to the State Assembly in a November 2005 special election to replace Clarence Norman Junior. In February 2015, he vacated his seat to become executive director of the Office of Faith-Based Community Development.
A native of Brooklyn, Camara spent most of his childhood living in the Assembly District he now represents.
He also spent formative years both in Queens and on a farm in Westtown, New York (Orange County). He graduated from Brooklyn Friends School in 1988.
November 2005 special election, New York State Assembly, 43rd AD
November 2006 general election, New York State Assembly, 43rd AD
November 2008 general election, New York State Assembly, 43rd AD
November 2010 general election, New York State Assembly, 43rd AD.