Does Catherine Cortez Masto Speak English?

Catherine Marie Cortez Masto is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Nevada since 2017.

Cortez Masto graduated from University of Nevada, Reno, and Gonzaga University School of Law and worked for four years as a civil attorney in Las Vegas and two years as a criminal prosecutor for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington, D.C., before being elected Nevada attorney general in 2006, replacing George Chanos. Reelected in 2010, Cortez Masto was not eligible to run for a third term in 2014 because of lifetime term limits established by the Constitution of Nevada.

Cortez Masto narrowly defeated Republican Joe Heck in the 2016 United States Senate election in Nevada to replace outgoing Democratic senator Harry Reid, becoming the first woman elected to represent Nevada in the Senate and the first Latina elected to serve in the upper chamber.

Cortez Masto took office on January 3, 2017, and became Nevada’s senior senator in January 2019, when Dean Heller left the Senate following his defeat.

Does Catherine Cortez Masto Speak English?

Cortez Masto’s father is of Mexican descent and her mother is of Italian ancestry. However, Catherine Cortez Masto was born in Las Vegas, Nevada and speaks English.