'''Winsome Earle Sears''' (born in 1964) is a Jamaican-born American republican politician and businesswoman serving as the 42nd lieutenant governor of Virginia for governor [[Glenn Youngkin]]. She is the first black woman to serve in this position.<ref>https://www.vpap.org/candidates/41405-winsome-sears/</ref>
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'''Winsome Earle Sears''' (born in 1964) is a Jamaican-born American republican politician and businesswoman serving as the 42nd lieutenant governor of Virginia for governor [[Glenn Youngkin]]. She is the first black woman, first female veteran, and the first legal immigrant to serve in this position.<ref>https://www.vpap.org/candidates/41405-winsome-sears/</ref>
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Sears earned an AA from Tidewater Community College, a BA in from Old Dominion University and an MA from Regent University. She also has served in the United States Marines. She built a successful business as a trained electrician and served as director of a women’s homeless shelter for The Salvation Army.
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She previously served as Vice President of the Virginia State Board of Education and received presidential appointments to the US Census Bureau where she co-chaired the African American Committee and the Advisory Committee on Women Veterans to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.