State Representative Andy X. Vargas represents the 3rd Essex District (Haverhill) in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. He serves as the Vice-Chair of the Economic Development and Emerging Technologies Committee. He also serves on the following committees: Ways & Means, Education, Public Health, and Redistricting. He is a member of the MA Black & Latino Caucus. Rep. Vargas was previously elected to the Haverhill City Council, where he served as the city's first Latino elected official. He is a proud graduate of Haverhill High and Boston University. Rep. Vargas is also an alumnus of the Obama White House and previously worked for Entrepreneurship for All (EforAll). Some of his legislation successfully signed into law include: boosting housing production, mandating civics education, expanding school breakfast participation, and creating a new gun violence prevention program within the Department of Public Health.