Nika C. Elugardo is an American attorney and politician who serves as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. She represents Boston and Brookline. Elugardo serves on the House Committee on Technology and Intergovernmental Affairs, the Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities, the Joint Committee on Elder Affairs, and the Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development. She is a member of the Massachusetts Black and Latino Legislative Caucus. Education Elugardo earned her Bachelor of Science in Urban Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a Master of Public Policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government, and a Juris Doctor from the Boston University School of Law. Career After graduating from law school, Elugardo worked at the National Consumer Law Center in Boston. Elugardo then served as the Jamaica Plain Liaison and Senior Policy Advisor to Massachusetts State Senator Sonia Chang-Díaz. In the 2018 election, Elugardo mounted a successful primary challenge to incumbent Representative Jeffrey Sanchez. A political progressive, Elugardo participated in an event hosted by the Boston chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America, where she described herself as a socialist. See also 2019–2020 Massachusetts legislature 2021–2022 Massachusetts legislature References External links Legislative website Campaign website Living people 21st-century American politicians Women state legislators in Massachusetts Democratic Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives MIT School of Architecture and Planning alumni Boston University School of Law alumni Harvard Kennedy School alumni 21st-century American women politicians Hispanic and Latino American state legislators in Massachusetts Hispanic and Latino American women in politics People from Jamaica Plain Politicians from Boston 1973 births