Summer Lee
Summer Lee
Summer L. Lee (born November 26, 1987) is a lawyer, a community organizer, and the Democratic representative for the 34th district of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. A member of the Democratic Socialists of America, she defeated incumbent Democratic representative Paul Costa in the 2018 Democratic primary election with over 67% of the vote. On January 1, 2019, Lee became the first black woman to represent Southwestern Pennsylvania in the state legislature.Lee was raised in North Braddock, Pennsylvania and attended Woodland Hills High School. She graduated from Pennsylvania State University in 2009 and earned a Juris Doctor from the Howard University School of Law in 2015.