Lindsay Sabadosa

Political Party: Democratic

District: 1st Hampshire, Massachusetts

Lindsay Sabadosa is the first woman to ever hold the 1st Hampshire District seat in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. She is a community organizer and advocate with deep roots in social justice work.

Her activism began early—she organized her first protest march at age nine to oppose the closing of her hometown library due to budget cuts. Throughout her career, she has been a long-time champion for reproductive justice, serving as a volunteer with the Planned Parenthood Advocacy Fund of Massachusetts and on the Board of the Abortion Rights Fund of Western Massachusetts. She was also a founding board member of DARLA, the Doula Association for Reproductive Loss and Abortion, which brought specialized training to the Pioneer Valley region.

In 2016, Sabadosa joined the Massachusetts Chapter of the Women's March on Washington shortly after the election, organizing contingents to both Washington DC and Boston, as well as a local march in Northampton. In February 2017, she founded the Pioneer Valley Women's March, which has since organized dozens of community events focused on social justice issues and state-level advocacy.

Education

Sabadosa holds an AB from Wellesley College, an MSc from the University of Edinburgh, and a Doctorate in Law and Policy from Northeastern University. She was a recipient of the Wellesley-Yenching Program Fellowship, which enabled her to spend a year in Nanjing, China as a fellow at Ginling College at Nanjing University.

Political Experience

Before entering electoral politics, Sabadosa worked extensively in political campaigns, beginning as a volunteer in high school on campaigns for former Congressman John Olver, former Senator John Kerry, and several local officials. She gradually focused her electoral work on supporting women candidates at both local and state-wide levels, ultimately joining the Board of Directors of Emerge Massachusetts to build political leadership pipelines for women.