Emilia Strong Sykes

Biography

SYKES, Emilia Strong, a Representative from Ohio; born in Akron, Summit County, Ohio, January 4, 1986; graduated from Firestone High School, Akron, Ohio, 2003; B.A., Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, 2007; J.D., University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla., 2011; M.P.H, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla., 2011; administrative staff advisor, Summit County, Ohio, fiscal office; law clerk, United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Georgia; member of the Ohio state house of representatives, 2015-2023; minority leader, 2019-2021; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Eighteenth and to the succeeding Congress (January 2023-present).