What is Ayanna Pressley?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Ayanna Pressley |image = Rep. Ayanna Pressley, 117th Congress.jpg |state = [[Massachusetts]] |district = {{ushr|MA|7|7th}} |term_start = January 3, 2019 |term_end = |predecessor = [[Mike Capuano]] |successor = |office1 = Member of the [[Boston City Council]]<br>At-Large |term_start1 = January 2010 |term_end1 = January 2019 |predecessor1 = [[Sam Yoon]]<br>[[Michael F. Flaherty]] |successor1 = [[Althea Garrison]]<ref name= Althea>{{cite web |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/09/05/finally-althea-garrison-will-city-councilor/tozzKn1oduz7XdSDmzkKNJ/story.html |title=Finally, Althea Garrison will be a city councilor |date=2018-09-09}}</ref> |birth_name = Ayanna Soyini Pressley<ref>Nik DeCosta-Klipa, [https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2018/11/21/ayanna-pressley-photos-first-week-washington-dc Here's what Ayanna Pressley's first week in Washington looked like] Boston.com</ref> |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|2|3}} |birth_place = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |spouse = Conan Harris |children = 1 |education = [[Boston University]] |signature = |website = {{url|ayannapressley.com|Campaign website}} }} '''Ayanna Soyini Pressley''' (born February 3, 1974) is an American politician. She is the member of the [[United States House of Representatives]] for [[Massachusetts's 7th congressional district]] since January 3, 2019. She defeated incumbent [[Mike Capuano]] in the [[primary election]] and running unopposed in the [[Massachusetts general election, 2018|November 2018 general election]]. She was an [[at-large]] member of the [[Boston City Council]] in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]]. She was the first non-White person elected to the council.<ref name=CityOfBoston-Profile-2018>{{cite web|title=City Council: Ayanna Pressley, At-Large|url=https://www.boston.gov/departments/city-council/ayanna-pressley|website=[[City of Boston]]|access-date=July 6, 2018}}</ref> Pressley was the 2018 Democratic