Phara Souffrant Forrest
Representative · State house · New York · District 57
Democratic
Biography
Phara Souffrant Forrest represents the 57th Assembly District in Brooklyn, which consists of the neighborhoods of Fort Greene and Clinton Hill as well as parts of Bedford-Stuyvesant and Crown Heights. She was first elected in 2020. Phara is the daughter of Haitian immigrants and a lifelong resident of the 57th District. She is a proud product of Brooklyn’s public school system. She has held a variety of jobs that help her connect with her constituents, working in New York City public schools, as an Uber driver, and doing youth advocacy work at Global Kids. Before being elected to the Assembly, Phara worked as a maternal child field nurse, caring for new mothers after they gave birth. In addition to her work as a nurse, Phara was president of her building’s tenant association before running for office. Since being elected, she has continued to champion the rights of tenants, as well as expanding access to healthcare and reforms to the carceral system. In her first term, she passed the Less Is More Act, which made the state’s supervision system more just and equitable.
On the record
- Education
- Philippa Schuyler Middle School; Benjamin Banneker Academy for Community Development; SUNY Geneseo, international relations; CUNY City Tech, associate’s nursing degree; CUNY School of Professional Studies, BSN
- Profession
- New York City public schools employee; Uber driver; Youth advocacy worker; Maternal child field nurse; Tenant association president
- Born
- 1989-02-05
- Family
- Married; one son.
Contact
- Capitol office
- Room 731, Legislative Office Building, Albany, NY 12248 · 518-455-5325
- Phone
- 518-455-5325
- souffrantforrestp@nyassembly.gov