CASTOR, Kathy, a Representative from Florida; born in Miami, Miami-Dade County, Fla., August 20, 1966; B.A., Emory University, Atlanta, Ga., 1988; J.D., Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fla., 1991; lawyer, private practice; member of the Hillsborough County (Fla.) board of commissioners, 2002 to 2006; unsuccessful candidate for election to the Florida state senate in 2000; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Tenth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2007-present); chair, Select Committee on the Climate Crisis (One Hundred Sixteenth and One Hundred Seventeenth Congresses).