Elizabeth Warren was born in 1949 and grew up in Oklahoma. She graduated from high school at age 16 and earned a B.S. in speech pathology in 1970 from the University of Houston. She earned her J.D. from Rutgers Law School. Warren taught at the University of Texas, University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania, and Harvard University. Warren also authored 11 books about the economy, the middle class, and personal finance.
In the mid-1990s, Warren served on the National Bankruptcy Review Commission. In 1996, she changed her affiliation from Republican to Democratic.
In 2008, she was appointed by then-Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D) to serve as the chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel, created during the economic recession to oversee the Treasury and evaluate market transparency. Warren left the role in 2010 to serve as a special adviser at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau under the Obama administration.
Warren won the 2012 U.S. Senate election in Massachusetts with 53 percent of the vote, defeating incumbent Scott Brown(R). She was the first woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate representing Massachusetts. She was a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2020 United States presidential election.
