Dacia Grayber

Grayber earned a Bachelor of Science degree in homeland security and emergency management from Concordia University.

Prior to entering politics, Grayber has worked as a firefighter and paramedic for Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue.^[4][5][6][7] Grayber was elected to the Oregon House of Representatives in 2020 with 67.1% of the vote, defeating Republican businessman and engineer Bob Niemeyer. A Democrat, she also won the cross-nomination of the Working Families Party.^[4] Grayber was cited as part of a wave of frontline medical workers that were elected to office during the 2020 pandemic.^[8]

In June 2021, Grayber assisted Rep. Pam Marsh in passing a $190 million wildfire mitigation bill that established wildfire risk maps, programs to bolster recovery and adapt communities to smoke, and called for changes to buildings within the wildland–urban interface.^[9][10] Grayber also co-sponsored a bill with Rep. Rob Nosse allowing pharmacists to dispense and administer PrEP and PEP, an HIV medication, and giving further authority for them to conduct HIV tests.^[11]

In February 2022, Grayber was a sponsor of House Bill 4113, which expanded compensation protection for firefighters from cancer, adding coverage for bladder and female reproductive cancers.^[12]

Grayber identifies as a queer woman.^[13] They are Jewish ^[14]