Moffie Funk
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Moffie Funk | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Montana House of Representatives from the 5th district | |
| Assumed office January 5th, 2015 | |
| Preceded by | Liz Bangerter |
| Personal details | |
| Party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley (BA) |
Moffie Funk is an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the Montana House of Representatives for District 82,[1] focusing on education, labor, and economy in the legislature. In 2014, she was named the Montana History Teacher of the Year.[2]
Funk's legislative committee assignments have included Business and Labor, Agriculture, and Education, which she has been the Vice chair of since the 2017 legislative session.
Funk grew up mostly overseas,"[2] in Iraq, Sudan, Tanzania, and Italy.[3] She also grew up partially in Washington, D.C.[3] before attending University of California, Berkeley, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. She received a teaching license from Carroll College in Helena, Montana, after which she worked as a middle school social studies teacher in Montana and joined the teachers' union. After she was named the Montana History Teacher of the Year in 2014, she helped write a new social studies textbook for Montana students.[2]
After Funk retired from teaching full-time, she joined the executive board of the Montana Federation of Public Employees and founded an advocacy group to raise awareness of attempts to divert public education funding to private, for-profit schools.[3]