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Dr. Jasmine Clark is a Georgia native and mother of two. She received her Bachelors of Science in Biological Sciences, with a concentration in Microbiology, from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville in 2005. She then went on to receive her Doctoral Degree from Emory University’s Laney Graduate School in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics in 2013.  Subsequently, in 2014, she completed a Postdoctoral project at Emory University in HIV research. Jasmine currently serves as an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Biology Department at Emory University. 

 

After running on a platform of bringing a science voice to the GA General Assembly, Jasmine Clark was elected to the Georgia State House of Representatives in 2018 where she currently serves as the Representative to House District 108, covering the Lilburn and Mountain Park areas of Gwinnett County. She serves on the Higher Education, Banks and Banking, Interstate Cooperation, and Budget and Fiscal Affairs Oversight committees of the GA State House. She is also the Policy Chair of the GA House Democratic Caucus, the Houses Whip of the GA Legislative Black Caucus, and the Co-Chair of the GA Future Caucus.

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Her personal philosophy can be summed up in this quote by the late Maya Angelou—“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”