Dotie Joseph

Dotie Joseph (born August 1979) is a Democratic member of the Florida Legislature representing the State's 108th House district.

Dotie Joseph
Member of the Florida House of Representatives
from the 108th district
Assumed office
November 6, 2018
Preceded byRoy Hardemon
Personal details
BornAugust 1979 (1979-08) (age 41)
Political partyDemocratic

Joseph was born in Haiti and moved to Florida in 1982; she currently resides in North Miami. She received her BA from Yale College in 2001 and her JD from Georgetown University Law Center in 2005.[1]

While at Yale, she co-founded Yale's Haitian Student Alliance.

Career

Joseph has worked as a law clerk, a civil rights lawyer, and for the City of North Miami Beach.[2] She is currently an attorney with Austin Pamies Norris Weeks, an all-Black and female law firm.[3]

Joseph won the election for Florida's House of Representatives on November 6, 2018 from the platform of Democratic Party. She secured 92% of the vote while her closest rival, Riquet Caballero, an LPF candidate, secured eight percent.[4]

References
  1. "Dotie Joseph".
  2. "Representative Dotie Joseph | NAAHP". Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  3. "Representatives | North Miami, FL". northmiamifl.gov. Retrieved 2020-08-26.
  4. "Florida Election Results - Election Results 2018 - The New York Times". nytimes.com. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
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