Yvette Herrell

Educational Background
• Legal secretary diploma from ITT Technical Institute

Career
• Elected member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Mexico’s 2nd District (2021-2023) and New Mexico House of Representatives from the 51st District (2011-2019)
• Previously worked as a realtor in Alamogordo and a real estate broker for Future Real Estate in Alamogordo
• Supports holding government spending in check, securing the border and supporting border patrol, protecting constitutional freedoms, and parent oversight of public education; she does not support defunding the police

Personal Information
• Was the first Republican Native woman elected to Congress, the first Cherokee woman the third Native American woman, and the second Native woman from New Mexico elected to the House
• Citizen of the Cherokee Nation
• Is a Protestant Christian