Name Nnedi Stephens Occupation Vice President of Search Political Office Nevada State Senate District 13 Political Affiliation Democrat How would you describe yourself to voters? I was born and raised here in Northern Nevada. My dad emigrated from Nigeria in the late 80s and spent a couple of years in Montana attending Carrol College. Between the cold winters and the even colder reception he received as an African International student, he agreed to work for a summer in Reno at the Harris Casino. Instantly falling in love with Reno, he continued to travel to Reno to work summers at Harris until he transferred to UNR where he continued working as a slot machine technician while pursuing his Business degree. My mom, who was a certified nurse/midwife in Nigeria, followed him here in 1995 when they got married and would later have four kids. After years of working in critical care nursing, my mother became one of, if not the first Black nurse supervisor for a major hospital in the State of