Ayanna Soyini Pressley (born February 3, 1974) is an American politician serving as the U.S.
Representative for Massachusetts's 7th congressional district since 2019.
Her district includes the northern three-fourths of Boston, most of Cambridge, parts of Milton, as well as all of Chelsea, Everett, Randolph and Somerville.A member of the Democratic Party, Pressley defeated ten-term incumbent Mike Capuano in the primary election and ran unopposed in the general election.
She was previously elected as an at-large member of the Boston City Council in 2010.
Pressley was the first black woman elected to the Boston City Council.
She is the first black woman elected to Congress from Massachusetts.