Geraldine Valentino-Smith is an American politician who represents district 23A in the Maryland House of Delegates

Maryland House of Delegates

The Maryland House of Delegates is the lower house of the General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland, and is composed of 141 Delegates elected from 47 districts. The House chamber is located in the state capitol building on State Circle in Annapolis...

 and a former member of the Bowie

Bowie, Maryland

Bowie is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States. The population was 54,727 at the 2010 census. Bowie has grown from a small railroad stop to the largest municipality in Prince George's County, and the fifth most populous city and third largest city by area in the state of...

 City Council.

Background

Valentino-Smith was born in Brooklyn, New York. She attended Bowie High School

Bowie High School (Maryland)

Bowie High School is a public high school in Bowie, Maryland. It is part of Prince George's County Public Schools.-Academics:Bowie High School has the second highest student SAT average in Prince George's County, and is rated second on The Washington Post's Advanced Placement Challenge Index....

. She received a B.S. degree in nursing from The Catholic University of America

The Catholic University of America

The Catholic University of America is a private university located in Washington, D.C. in the United States. It is a pontifical university of the Catholic Church in the United States and the only institution of higher education founded by the U.S. Catholic bishops...

 in 1987. Smith started her career as a clinical nurse with the National Institutes of Health

National Institutes of Health

The National Institutes of Health are an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and are the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and health-related research. Its science and engineering counterpart is the National Science Foundation...

. She received a JD. in 1992 from the Columbus School of Law

Columbus School of Law

The Columbus School of Law, also known as CUA Law, is the law school of The Catholic University of America, in Washington, D.C..Over 900 Juris Doctor students attend CUA Law. Incoming classes are typically composed of two to three hundred students, including day and night programs. Around 3,500...

. Admitted to Maryland Bar. Attorney. Board of Directors, Prince George's Municipal Association (chair, legislative committee). Member, Committee on Advocacy and Public Policy, Children's National Medical Center. Board of Directors, Commonwealth Mutual Insurance Company of America (finance committee). Member, St. Pius X Catholic Church. Married; three children.

Career

Member, Bowie City Council, At Large, 2007 to November 15, 2010. Member, Climate, Energy and Environment Policy Committee, and Metropolitan Development Policy Committee of Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments.

In the legislature

Valentino-Smith has been a member of House of Delegates since January 12, 2011 and was appointed to the Judiciary Committee. She is also a member of the Women Legislators of Maryland.