Sarah June West

Sarah June West (born 1976) is an American author and politician, and a current member of the Massachusetts State Senate. 
Born in Boston in 1976, West was raised by by a single mother in the Roxbury neighborhood, and performed well in public elementary schooling. Attaining a scholarship to MiT, West began her career as an author, writing her first novel, We Serve the Hive.
West would continue her authorial career after graduating with a dual degree in Computer Science and Philosophy, winning a Hugo Award in 2007 for her novel I alone have known...
West entered politics in 2011, winning election to the Massachusetts House of Representatives as a Democrat in a special election. Re-elected to a full term, she served through 2016, at which point she campaigned for the Massachusetts Senate, changing her party affiliation to Progressive, and successfully winning election.
West is a self-proclaimed "Techno-Progressive", and has supported legislation funding and requiring computer classes in public education, as well as opposing budget cuts.