Kay Khan (born June 22, 1941) is an American politician and a Democratic member serving in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.

Following this, she became an instructor for Boston University School of Nursing undergraduate students on a pediatric rotation.

She went on to earn a master's degree in psychiatric mental health nursing from Boston University,[1] graduating with honors and worked in a private group practice in Newton for close to twenty years.

[3] Khan is an adamant supporter of improving the rights, health, well-being, and conditions of incarcerated individuals.

[citation needed] Khan has lived in Newton for more than forty years and has three children and seven grandchildren.