Background
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Wizowaty grew up in Europe, Texas and Connecticut, graduating from Princeton University (Bachelor cum laude, 1977) and Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont (Master of Arts, 1985).
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Wizowaty grew up in Europe, Texas and Connecticut, graduating from Princeton University (Bachelor cum laude, 1977) and Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont (Master of Arts, 1985).
Bachelor in Anthropology cum laude, Princeton University, 1977. Master of Arts, Goddard College, 1985.
First elected in 2008, she did not run for re-election in 2014. She lived in San Francisco, Chicago, and New Jersey before moving to Burlington in 1985. Wizowaty has worked as a bookseller, librarian, newspaper reporter and editor, also having experience in the non-profit sector with the Vermont Humanities Council and Vermont Works for Women.
A published author, she has written two novels: The Round Barn (Hardscrabble, 2002) and A Tour of Evil (Philomel, 2005).
In 2008, Wizowaty ran for the Vermont House of Representatives in the two-member Chittenden-3-5 district. She faced two incumbents in the Democratic primary but was the top vote-getter, beating Republican
Johannah Leddy Donovan into second place and Republican Bill Keogh into third.
In the general election held on November 4, the Democratic nominees – Wizowaty and Donovan – ran unopposed.
She was re-elected to the House on November 2, 2010. Following redistricting, she was elected to represent the Chittenden 6-5 district in 2012. She did not seek re-election in 2014 and was succeeded by Mary Sullivan.
Wizowaty is openly gay.
A Democrat, she was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives, representing the Chittenden-6-5 district in Burlington from 2009 to 2015.