Biography

07/07/1971 -


ACOSTA, Leslie, a Representative from Philadelphia County; born in Puerto Rico, July 7, 1971; graduated, Mastbaum High School; B.S., social work and theology, Cairn University, 1996; M.B.A., Phoenix University, 2003; social worker; child advocate, Philadelphia Public Defender’s Office; vice-president, board of directors, Bucks County Mental Health Clinic; adjunct professor, Esperanza College of Eastern University; elected as a Democrat to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 2014 and 2016; resigned from the House, January 3, 2017. 


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