Linda Dorcena Forry

Linda Dorcena Forry (born 1973) is a former Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate, who represented the 1st Suffolk district from June 2013 - January 2018.

Haitian-American, Dorcena Forry, is the former House Chair of the Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Business.

[2] After graduating from Boston College, Dorcena Forry was a legislative assistant, working for then-State Representative Charlotte Golar Richie (Fifth Suffolk District serving Roxbury and Dorchester).

[7][8] The couple live in Lower Mills, Dorchester and have four children: John, Conor, Madeline and Norah.

[9] He also was a candidate in the 2013 Boston mayoral election, but was denied ballot access due to submitting an insufficient number of valid petition signatures.

Left to right: Kathy Flynn, Raymond Flynn , Forry, and Ed Markey at the 2016 State of the Union Address