Lisa Belcastro
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Lisa Belcastro | |
|---|---|
 Belcastro in 2021 | |
| Deputy Secretary of the Maryland Department of Disabilities | |
| Assumed office May 31, 2023 | |
| Governor | Wes Moore |
| Secretary | Carol Beatty |
| Preceded by | Christian Miele |
| Member of the Maryland House of Delegates from the 11th district | |
| In office March 10, 2020 – January 11, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Shelly L. Hettleman |
| Succeeded by | Cheryl Pasteur |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 24, 1988 |
| Party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | Slippery Rock University (BS) |
| Profession | Teacher |
Lisa Marie Belcastro (born September 24, 1988) is an American politician who represented the 11th legislative district in the Maryland House of Delegates from 2020 to 2023.[1] She was appointed to office in March 2020 by Governor Larry Hogan on the recommendation of the Baltimore County Democratic Central Committee.[2] Belcastro took the seat vacated by Shelly L. Hettleman when Hettleman was appointed to the Senate seat vacated by Bobby Zirkin, who resigned in January.[3]
Belcastro was born in Chicago, Illinois, on September 24, 1988. She attended Slippery Rock University in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, earning a B.S. degree in science health and physical education in 2012. Since graduating, she has worked as an adapted physical education teacher for Prince George's County Public Schools and as an assistant field hockey coach for Goucher College from 2012 to 2017.[1]
Belcastro became involved with politics in 2017 by working as a volunteer coordinator for the Baltimore County Council campaign of Izzy Patoka. From 2019 to 2020, she worked as a legislative aide to Patoka.[1]
In 2020, after Delegate Shelly L. Hettleman was elevated to the Maryland Senate following the resignation of former Senator Robert Zirkin, Belcastro applied to fill the vacancy left by Hettleman in the Maryland House of Delegates. The Baltimore County Democratic Central Committee voted 4–1 to nominate her to fill the vacancy over four other applicants, including former Delegate Ted Levin.[4][5] Governor Hogan appointed Belcastro to the Maryland House of Delegates on March 10, 2020; she was sworn in the same day.[1][2]
In the legislature
Belcastro was sworn into the Maryland House of Delegates on March 10, 2020.[1]
Belcastro was defeated for election to her seat in the 2022 Democratic primary. Redistricting had placed the three 11th district incumbents in a 2-seat district; Belcastro placed third in the vote.[6][7]
Committee assignments
- Member, Health and Government Operations Committee, 2020–2023 (government operations & health facilities subcommittee, 2020–2021; public health & minority health disparities subcommittee, 2020–2023; health occupations & long-term care subcommittee, 2022–2023)
- Study Group on Economic Stability, 2020–2023
Other memberships
- Member, Maryland Legislative Latino Caucus, 2020–2023
- Women Legislators of Maryland, 2020–2023
State government
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Personal life
Belcastro is openly lesbian and is married to a woman.[9] She lives in the Sudbrook Park neighborhood of Pikesville, Maryland.[10]