Lauren Jewett

Lauren Jewett's grandmother was a special education teacher and teachers union president in Lackawanna, New York.¹ Jewett credits her family's experiences with disability with helping shape her interest in disability rights.¹ She now lives in Metairie and has built her own career in Louisiana classrooms.¹

Jewett earned a bachelor's degree in history and political science at the University of Rochester and a master's in English literature at Middlebury's Bread Loaf School of English.¹ She began teaching in St. John the Baptist Parish in 2009 and has taught students with disabilities from kindergarten through sixth grade.¹ A National Board Certified teacher, she was also a founding staff member at The Leah Chase School.¹

She served on United Teachers of New Orleans' executive council from 2013 through 2022, including five years as its political education committee vice president.¹ Her community work includes six years on the New Orleans Track Club board, with service as secretary and president.¹ She has also volunteered with Louisiana Books 2 Prisoners, sending free books to incarcerated readers.¹ In 2022, the American Consortium for Equity in Education recognized her work in special education.²

Jewett faces Republicans Steve Scalise and Randall Arrington and candidate E. Liddy Glass, who has no party affiliation, in the November open primary.³ Her platform supports Medicare for All, full federal special education funding and abolishing ICE.³