Torres, Ritchie John a Representative from New York; born in New York, Bronx County, N.Y., March 12, 1988; graduated from Herbert H. Lehman High School, New York City, N.Y., 2006; attended New York University, New York City, N.Y., 2006–2007; civil servant; staff, New York, N.Y. council member Jimmy Vacca; community organizer; member of the New York, N.Y. city council, 2014–2020; Delegate, Democratic National Convention, 2016; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress (January 3, 2021–present).