Background
Walz was born in Rochester, New York and went to college at Colgate University in Madison County, New York where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in History in 1983.
Walz was born in Rochester, New York and went to college at Colgate University in Madison County, New York where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in History in 1983.
Colgate University (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1983). New York University (Juris Doctor, 1987). Phi Beta Kappa.
Walz, a Democrat, represented the Eighth Suffolk district, which is made up out of Back Bay, Beacon Hill, and the West End in Boston and Cambridgeport, Area 4 and Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge. In the fall of 1984, Walz started law school at New York University School of Law where she obtained her Juris Doctor in 1987. After her graduation from New York University of Law, Walz moved to Boston, Massachusetts where she worked at the law firm of Palmer & Dodge until 1992.
Later that year, Walz worked for Harcourt General, Incorporated., where she managed the company’s global labor and employment law practice for a period of seven years.
Walz became Assistant Director of Human Resources for the Boston Public Schools in 2000 and continued to work in this position until 2003. Prior to her run for office, Walz was the Vice President of Development at Jumpstart for Young Children, a national nonprofit based in Boston that pairs college students with preschool children who are at risk of entering school unprepared for success.
In 2000, Walz graduated from the John F. Kennedy School of Government with a Master of Public Administration (Master of Public Administration). Massachusetts House of Representatives
In 2004 Walz announced that she was running in the Democratic State Primary to be a candidate for election to the Eighth Suffolk District of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
In that primary 2,211 votes were cast for Walz versus
828 for Glynn. Walz garnered 12,156 votes to 3,724 for Babson. = Electoral history She declared her victory by updating her Facebook status fifty minutes after the polls closed.
= Legislative record As a representative, Walz was one of the lead sponsors of a 2007 bill creating a buffer zone around Massachusetts abortion clinics.
A suit challenging the law was due to be heard in the United States. Supreme Court in January, 2014. = Resignation On January 30, 2013, Walz announced that she would resign from the House of Representatives in mid-February to become the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts and the President of the Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund of Massachusetts. Planned Parenthood
Walz became the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts and the President of the Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund of Massachusetts on March 4, 2013.
On January 28, 2015, she resigned from these positions.