Lincoln High School and San Diego State University figure in LaShae Sharp-Collins’s education, and San Diego State also figures in her work as an adjunct professor. Born and raised in the city, she studied Africana studies and went on to teach it. She also created curriculum and reached out to parents while working for the San Diego County Office of Education. She worked as district Director for Shirley Weber. Her 2024 Assembly run drew support from the California Democratic Party, Toni Atkins and Weber. Her career has included education, community engagement and work as a district Director.
ROOTS
Sharp-Collins was born and raised in San Diego and graduated from Lincoln High School. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Africana studies, a master’s degree in education and a Doctor of Education from San Diego State University.
After graduating from Lincoln High School and San Diego State, Sharp-Collins went on to work at San Diego State as an adjunct professor in the Department of Africana studies. Her degrees and university teaching linked Africana studies and education, two areas documented in her education and career.
Her education and career included Lincoln High, San Diego State and the San Diego County Office of Education.
THE JOB BEFORE THE JOB
At San Diego State, Sharp-Collins taught as an adjunct professor and belonged to the California Faculty Association. In 2022, students in one of her courses expressed discomfort on social media about an assignment asking them to create a “slave narrative” and act like an enslaved persona.
Sharp-Collins also worked as a Community Engagement Specialist for the San Diego County Office of Education. Her work included creating curriculum and reaching out to parents.
Sharp-Collins also served as district Director for Shirley Weber. Taken together, her positions included teaching in a university department, creating curriculum and contacting parents at the county education office, and working as a district Director.
THE PATH TO OFFICE
Sharp-Collins ran for the California State Assembly in 2024 to succeed incumbent Akilah Weber, who ran for the California State Senate. Her general-election opponent was La Mesa City Councilman Colin Parent.
Sharp-Collins received the backing of the California Democratic Party, Toni Atkins and Shirley Weber. She also worked as Weber’s district Director.
Sharp-Collins’s career included experience in classrooms, at a county education office and as Weber’s district Director. Parent was a member of the La Mesa City Council. Those were the professional backgrounds represented by the two candidates in the general election.
THE POLICY SIGNATURE
Sharp-Collins’s clearest sustained area of work is education. She studied Africana studies, earned graduate degrees in education, taught Africana studies, belonged to a faculty association, created curriculum and conducted parent outreach. On the documented record, that amounts to a professional concentration, though it is not the same thing as a documented legislative program.
No Assembly bills, committee assignments, appointments or votes are identified here. On that basis, it would be premature to attach a legislative signature to Sharp-Collins or claim that she has used Assembly power for a particular policy constituency.
What can be said is narrower. Her record includes work involving students and parents, along with membership in a faculty association. Her career also included work as Shirley Weber’s district Director, and her Assembly campaign was supported by Weber, Atkins and the state Democratic Party. Until a legislative record supplies more, education and community engagement remain the most concrete areas of Sharp-Collins’s documented work.
- State Assembly · Assembly District 79 · 2024–present
Lincoln High School and San Diego State University figure in LaShae Sharp-Collins’s education, and San Diego State also figures in her work as an adjunct professor. Born and raised in the city, she studied Africana studies and went on to teach it. She also created curriculum and reached out to parents while working for the San Diego County Office of Education. She worked as district Director for Shirley Weber. Her 2024 Assembly run drew support from the California Democratic Party, Toni Atkins and Weber. Her career has included education, community engagement and work as a district Director.
ROOTS
Sharp-Collins was born and raised in San Diego and graduated from Lincoln High School. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Africana studies, a master’s degree in education and a Doctor of Education from San Diego State University.
After graduating from Lincoln High School and San Diego State, Sharp-Collins went on to work at San Diego State as an adjunct professor in the Department of Africana studies. Her degrees and university teaching linked Africana studies and education, two areas documented in her education and career.
Her education and career included Lincoln High, San Diego State and the San Diego County Office of Education.
THE JOB BEFORE THE JOB
At San Diego State, Sharp-Collins taught as an adjunct professor and belonged to the California Faculty Association. In 2022, students in one of her courses expressed discomfort on social media about an assignment asking them to create a “slave narrative” and act like an enslaved persona.
Sharp-Collins also worked as a Community Engagement Specialist for the San Diego County Office of Education. Her work included creating curriculum and reaching out to parents.
Sharp-Collins also served as district Director for Shirley Weber. Taken together, her positions included teaching in a university department, creating curriculum and contacting parents at the county education office, and working as a district Director.
THE PATH TO OFFICE
Sharp-Collins ran for the California State Assembly in 2024 to succeed incumbent Akilah Weber, who ran for the California State Senate. Her general-election opponent was La Mesa City Councilman Colin Parent.
Sharp-Collins received the backing of the California Democratic Party, Toni Atkins and Shirley Weber. She also worked as Weber’s district Director.
Sharp-Collins’s career included experience in classrooms, at a county education office and as Weber’s district Director. Parent was a member of the La Mesa City Council. Those were the professional backgrounds represented by the two candidates in the general election.
THE POLICY SIGNATURE
Sharp-Collins’s clearest sustained area of work is education. She studied Africana studies, earned graduate degrees in education, taught Africana studies, belonged to a faculty association, created curriculum and conducted parent outreach. On the documented record, that amounts to a professional concentration, though it is not the same thing as a documented legislative program.
No Assembly bills, committee assignments, appointments or votes are identified here. On that basis, it would be premature to attach a legislative signature to Sharp-Collins or claim that she has used Assembly power for a particular policy constituency.
What can be said is narrower. Her record includes work involving students and parents, along with membership in a faculty association. Her career also included work as Shirley Weber’s district Director, and her Assembly campaign was supported by Weber, Atkins and the state Democratic Party. Until a legislative record supplies more, education and community engagement remain the most concrete areas of Sharp-Collins’s documented work.
The record
5,859 events, each with its sourceStudent transfer: tribal colleges.
Relative to Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month.
Relative to Japanese American concentration camps.
SB 106 Laird Senate Third Reading By Gabriel Amend By TANGIPA Set #1 Motion to Lay on the Table By AGUIAR-CURRY
SB 106 Laird Senate Third Reading By Gabriel
HR 84 BRYAN Assembly Third Reading
Relative to Women’s History Month.
HR 77 Carrillo Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session
ACR 127 Muratsuchi Consent Calendar Second Day
AJR 25 BONTA Assembly Third Reading
Covered platforms: age restriction: e-Safety Advisory Commission.
School curriculum: physical education framework: cardiopulmonary resuscitation: automated external defibrillators.
California State University: faculty employees.
Peace officers: training requirements.
Health care coverage: enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits.
AB 292 Patterson Assembly Third Reading
AB 375 Nguyen Assembly Third Reading
AB 442 Hadwick Assembly Third Reading
AB 464 Aguiar-Curry Assembly Third Reading
AB 501 Papan Assembly Third Reading
AB 634 Jeff Gonzalez Assembly Third Reading
AB 683 Davies Consent Calendar Second Day
AB 713 Solache Assembly Third Reading
AB 739 Jackson Assembly Third Reading
AB 762 Irwin Assembly Third Reading
AB 763 Ward Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session
AB 910 Bonta Assembly Third Reading
AB 939 Schultz Assembly Third Reading
AB 1049 Celeste Rodriguez Assembly Third Reading By JACKSON
AB 1080 Bryan Assembly Third Reading
AB 1126 Patterson Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session
AB 1153 Bonta Assembly Third Reading
AB 1165 Gipson Assembly Third Reading By WICKS
AB 1171 Patel Assembly Third Reading
AB 1198 Haney Assembly Third Reading
AB 1235 Rogers Assembly Third Reading
AB 1245 Stefani Assembly Third Reading
AB 1278 Harabedian Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session
AB 1382 Castillo Assembly Third Reading
AB 1383 McKinnor Assembly Third Reading
AB 1406 Ward Assembly Third Reading
AB 1421 Wilson Assembly Third Reading Amend By DEMAIO Set #1 Motion to Lay on the Table By AGUIAR-CURRY
AB 1421 Wilson Assembly Third Reading
AB 1439 Garcia Assembly Third Reading
AB 1485 Macedo Concurrence in Senate Amendments
AB 1486 Soria Assembly Third Reading