Representative Lindsay N. Sabadosa

MA Democrat - 1st Hampshire

The first woman to ever hold the 1st Hampshire District seat, Lindsay Sabadosa has her AB from Wellesley College, her MSc from the University of Edinburgh, and her Doctorate in Law and Policy from Northeastern University. She was the recipient of the Wellesley-Yenching Program Fellowship, which led her to spend a year in Nanjing, China as a fellow at Ginling College at Nanjing University. She then moved to Italy where she worked in Marketing & Communications at CUP2000, a company in Bologna that strives to improve access and delivery of health care and provide telemedicine solutions throughout the European Union. In the same period, she opened her own small business, a translation firm, specializing in Italian and French legal and financial translation with a focus on international litigation, contract law, and finance. She ran this firm, with over 300 clients on six continents, for nearly 17 years until her election.

A community organizer at heart, Sabadosa organized her first protest march at the age of nine to protest the closing of her hometown library due to budget cuts. She quickly became involved in political campaigns starting in high school, volunteering on campaigns for former Congressman John Olver, former Senator John Kerry, and several local officials. She soon began to focus her electoral work on women candidates, working for both local and state-wide women candidates, and ultimately joining the Board of Directors of Emerge Massachusetts in order to deepen and expand her interest in building benches.

Sabadosa also served as an Alumna Admissions Representative for Wellesley College, interviewing dozens of candidates each year, and was on the board of the Wellesley Club of the Pioneer Valley. She helped spearhead and organize several Three Sisters Events in the Pioneer Valley for Wellesley, Mount Holyoke, and Smith, which focus on getting alums to mentor the next generation and increase their involvement in their community.