HM 57 — REP. KAREN C. BASH, IN RECOGNITION

HOUSEA MEMORIAL 57HONORING 55THREPRESENTATIVE LEGISLATURE-KAREN STATEC. OF NEWMEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 2022 INTRODUCED BY Joy Garratt and Javier Martínez and Brian Egolf and Gail Chasey and Susan K.

Herrera 7 9 A MEMORIAL HONORING REPRESENTATIVE KAREN C.

145 WHEREAS, Representative Karen C.

Bash, a Democrat, was elected to the house of representatives in 2018 to represent district 68 in Bernalillo county, served her first term in 2019 e t 17 and will have served four years by the end of 2022;

and w l n d 18 WHEREAS, Representative Bash is the vice chair of the = = 19 a l house health and human services committee and is a member of i a e r 20 the house labor, veterans' and military affairs committee;

and a t m m 21 WHEREAS, Representative Bash is a member of the courts, d r e 22 corrections and justice committee and is an advisory member of c e s k 23 the legislative health and human services committee during the e a n b 24 interim;

and u [ WHEREAS, Representative Bash graduated with a bachelor of .222791.1 arts degree in sociology and anthropology from Phillips university, which she attended from 1964 to 1970;

and WHEREAS, Representative Bash learned her lifelong values and faith from her parents and was called to the ministry, HM 57 Page 1 earning a master of divinity degree from the university of Dubuque theological seminary in Dubuque, Iowa, which she attended from 1985 to 1988;

and e t 17 WHEREAS, Representative Bash and her husband, Allan, moved w l n d 18 to Albuquerque in 2011 and ran a small business;

and = = 19 a l WHEREAS, Representative Bash served as a moderator of the i a e r 20 congregational council from 2014 to 2015;

and a t m m 21 WHEREAS, Representative Bash served the greater d r e 22 Albuquerque community as a member of the rotary club of c e s k 23 Albuquerque Sandia, and she is a Paul Harris fellow;

and e a n b 24 WHEREAS, Representative Bash has volunteered at the u [ roadrunner food bank, the Rio Grande food project and several .222791.1 - 2 - homeless projects and assisted living homes;

and WHEREAS, Representative Bash credits her family and diverse career path for guiding her policy priorities in the legislature, which include child well-being, early childhood HM 57 Page 2 education, food insecurity and the expansion of access to health care and health education;

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