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==Background==

==Background==

A native of the capital city of [[Little Rock]] Irvin graduated in 1993 with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in Dance, Political Science, and Communications from the then Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, [[Virginia]].

A native of the capital city of [[Little Rock]] Irvin graduated in 1993 with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in Dance, Political Science, and Communications from the then Randolph-Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, [[Virginia]].<ref name=mtirvin>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/119194/missy-irvin#.UqH0EBXnYfQ|title=Missy Irvin's Biography|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=November 27, 2020}}</ref>

<ref name=mtirvin>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/119194/missy-irvin#.UqH0EBXnYfQ|title=Missy Irvin's Biography|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=November 27, 2020}}</ref>

Irvin has held numerous jobs over the years, many for short durations of time. She was for five years an adjunct professor of dance at Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas. She was a news editor for KATV-TV, the [[ABC]] affiliate in Little Rock. She was an advertising and marketing director for Stone County Ironworks and an independent graphic designer. She works with her husband in his medical clinic. She has long been affiliated with the Mountain View Youth Soccer Association and was a vice-president for the Arkansas State Soccer Association.<ref name=bio>{{cite web |url=http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2011/Member%20Profiles/Missy%20Irvin.pdf|title=Biography of the Honorable Missy Thomas Irvin, Arkansas State Senator|publisher=arkleg.state|accessdate=December 5, 2013}}</ref>

Irvin has held numerous jobs over the years, many for short durations of time. She was for five years an adjunct professor of dance at Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas. She was a news editor for KATV-TV, the [[ABC]] affiliate in Little Rock. She was an advertising and marketing director for Stone County Ironworks and an independent graphic designer. She works with her husband in his medical clinic. She has long been affiliated with the Mountain View Youth Soccer Association and was a vice-president for the Arkansas State Soccer Association.<ref name=bio>{{cite web |url=http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2011/Member%20Profiles/Missy%20Irvin.pdf|title=Biography of the Honorable Missy Thomas Irvin, Arkansas State Senator|publisher=arkleg.state|accessdate=December 5, 2013; information no longer accessible on-line}}</ref>

Irvin and her husband, Dr. John Dawson Irvin, have four children, Allyn, Hennelly, Josie, and Ike Irvin. The Irvins are affiliated with the First [[United Methodist] of Mountain View.<ref name=mtirvin/>

Irvin and her husband, Dr. John Dawson Irvin, have four children, Allyn, Hennelly, Josie, and Ike Irvin. The Irvins are affiliated with the First [[United Methodist]] Church of Mountain View.<ref name=mtirvin/>

==Political life==

==Political life==