Representative Marie A. Hopkins
Member, House Health and Human Services Committee
Member, House Judiciary Committee
Member, House Labor Committee
Marie A. Hopkins represents the residents of House District 21, covering
much of the Conimicut, Hoxsie, and Pilgrim neighborhoods of Warwick. She was appointed to serve on three House standing committees: Health and Human Services, Judiciary, and Labor.
A lifelong Warwick resident, Representative Hopkins' values have been shaped
through her roles as a mother, a nurse, and a teacher. Hopkins earned two
Bachelor of Arts degrees from Brown University, in English and in
Literature; and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from URI. She is currently
working on obtaining her Master's in Nursing at URI.
She worked for
the State of Rhode Island Psychiatric Hospital, at the Veterans
Administration Hospital, and at Roger Williams Hospital as an acute
psychiatric nurse. She also served as a substitute school nurse in the City
of Warwick, and as an instructor of CNA coursework at the Community College
of Rhode Island.
In Hopkins' spare time, she is an avid reader, has
traveled the world and has utilized her writing talents as a magazine editor
and contributor. She also serves on the board of a Veterans' outreach
charity.
With her husband, Steve, they have raised three children and
two dogs next door to her grandmother, and live just five minutes from her
parents and brother.