Elisabeth Epps
Colorado House District 6
As is the case for many students not born to generational wealth, graduate school was not a ticket to financial freedom but instead saddled Elisabeth with crushing 6-figure student loan debt. Even after earning her law degree Elisabeth worked extra jobs--she was a cocktail waitress and hostess, she tutored, taught test prep, copy-edited, drove for a ride-share company, and did temp work to take care of her family.
Always a worker, she’s also always been a renter. Elisabeth has been uninsured, under-insured, and as a young single mom was often reliant upon critical government support for health care and food security. Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley reminds us that the people who are closest to the pain, should be the people closest to the power. When it comes to issues like housing insecurity, lack of access to healthcare, and being over-policed, Elisabeth has known those challenges.
Serving Colorado’s most vulnerable.
Pictured from left to right: Elisabeth in Congress Park, Elisabeth with Representative Leslie Herod and Governor Jared Polis, Elisabeth at the courthouse.