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| Acevero was born on October 23, 1990, in [[San Fernando, Trinidad]];<ref name="msa">{{cite web |date=April 21, 2023 |title=Gabriel Acevero, Maryland State Delegate |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa18034.html |website=Maryland Manual On-Line |publisher=Maryland State Archives |access-date=August 28, 2023}}</ref> the youngest of six children to Ingrid Acevero(née Ingrid | Acevero was born on October 23, 1990, in [[San Fernando, Trinidad]];<ref name="msa">{{cite web |date=April 21, 2023 |title=Gabriel Acevero, Maryland State Delegate |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa18034.html |website=Maryland Manual On-Line |publisher=Maryland State Archives |access-date=August 28, 2023}}</ref> the youngest of six children to Ingrid Acevero(née Ingrid |
| Renn), a government employee and Labor Activist, and Michael Acevero - an Insurance Advisor and Field Underwriting Manager. His paternal family are [[Afro-Venezuelan]] and his mother is [[Afro-Trinidadian]]. Acevero was raised in the town of [[Couva]] and attended Richmond Street Boys Anglican School in the capital, [[Port-of-Spain]]. He graduated from Couva Government Secondary School in 2007, where he excelled on the school's debate team and his family immigrated to the United States later that year, settling in Maryland. Acevero started college at 16, earning his associate degree in international relations from [[Montgomery College]] and a bachelor's degree in political science from the [[University of Maryland, Baltimore County]] (UMBC) in 2011 at the age of 20. He was a student activist in college, volunteered for political campaigns and was active in the [[Maryland Democratic Party]].{{citation needed|date=June 2023}} | Renn)- a government employee and Labor Activist, and Michael Acevero - an Insurance Advisor and Field Underwriting Manager. His paternal family are [[Afro-Venezuelan]] and his mother is [[Afro-Trinidadian]]. Acevero was raised in the town of [[Couva]] and attended Richmond Street Boys Anglican School in the capital, [[Port-of-Spain]]. He graduated from Couva Government Secondary School in 2007, where he excelled on the school's debate team and his family immigrated to the United States later that year, settling in Maryland. Acevero started college at 16, earning his associate degree in international relations from [[Montgomery College]] and a bachelor's degree in political science from the [[University of Maryland, Baltimore County]] (UMBC) in 2011 at the age of 20. He was a student activist in college, volunteered for political campaigns and was active in the [[Maryland Democratic Party]].{{citation needed|date=June 2023}} |
| Acevero worked as an issue organizer after college, first on the successful Question 4 ([[Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals#Maryland|Maryland Dream Act]]) and [[Maryland Question 6|Question 6]] (Marriage Equality) campaigns in 2012—Maryland became the first state to approve both measures at the ballot box—and then in 2014 on transgender equality.<ref>{{cite news |title=State Delegate District 39 (three seats) |url=https://bethesdamagazine.com/2018-g...guide/state-delegate-district-39-three-seats/ |access-date=June 25, 2022 |work=[[Bethesda Magazine]] |date=September 11, 2018 |orig-date=February 13, 2018}}</ref> He was recognized by the [[National Black Justice Coalition]] as one of its "100 Black LGBTQ Emerging Leaders to Watch" for his advocacy and efforts to reform Maryland's justice system in 2015.<ref name="nbjc">{{cite web |title=100 Black LGBTQ/SGL Emerging Leaders to Watch |url=http://www.nbjc.org/100-to-watch |url-status=dead |website=[[National Black Justice Coalition]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217133218/http://www.nbjc.org/100-to-watch |archive-date=December 17, 2014}}</ref> | Acevero worked as an issue organizer after college, first on the successful Question 4 ([[Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals#Maryland|Maryland Dream Act]]) and [[Maryland Question 6|Question 6]] (Marriage Equality) campaigns in 2012—Maryland became the first state to approve both measures at the ballot box—and then in 2014 on transgender equality.<ref>{{cite news |title=State Delegate District 39 (three seats) |url=https://bethesdamagazine.com/2018-g...guide/state-delegate-district-39-three-seats/ |access-date=June 25, 2022 |work=[[Bethesda Magazine]] |date=September 11, 2018 |orig-date=February 13, 2018}}</ref> He was recognized by the [[National Black Justice Coalition]] as one of its "100 Black LGBTQ Emerging Leaders to Watch" for his advocacy and efforts to reform Maryland's justice system in 2015.<ref name="nbjc">{{cite web |title=100 Black LGBTQ/SGL Emerging Leaders to Watch |url=http://www.nbjc.org/100-to-watch |url-status=dead |website=[[National Black Justice Coalition]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217133218/http://www.nbjc.org/100-to-watch |archive-date=December 17, 2014}}</ref> |
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