Darya Farivar

The daughter of immigrants from Iran, Farivar was born in Seattle and raised in the Lake City neighborhood. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in communicative disorders from the University of Redlands in 2016.^[1]

From 2016 to 2018, Farivar worked as the advocacy program coordinator of Open Doors for Multicultural Families, a non-profit based in Kent, Washington. She joined Disability Rights Washington in 2018 and has since worked as the organization's director of public policy.^[2][3] Farivar was elected to the Washington House of Representatives in November 2022.^[4][5]

In 2023, Farivar collaborated with the Center for Children and Youth Justice and Stand for Children WA to approve a bill seeking to eliminate legal financial obligations in juvenile court, including fines, fees and restitution. In lieu of charging juvenile offenders restitution, the bill would establish a Community Compensation Program to pay victims of crimes committed by juveniles.^[6]