Emily Alvarado is an American politician and affordable housing advocate serving as a member of the Washington State Senate for the 34th district since 2025.

Alvarado earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in American studies from Scripps College in 2005 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Washington School of Law.

[1] From 2004 to 2006, Alvarado worked as a public affairs field organizer for Planned Parenthood of Southwestern Oregon.

From 2009 to 2011, she was an advocacy project coordinator for the Housing Consortium of Everett & Snohomish County.

Alvarado joined the Seattle Office of Housing in 2014 as manager of policy and equitable development and became director in 2019.