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 sourceSCR 106 Choi Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session
Lagos State, Nigeria: sister state relationship.
Postsecondary education: segments: tribal colleges and universities.
Corrections: Humanizing and Uniting Generations Safely (HUGS) Act of 2026.
Relative to Unclaimed Property Month.
Relative to the Lunar New Year.
National School Counseling Week.
Day of Solidarity with Ukraine.
Relative to boat people awareness.
Interscholastic athletics: youth sports: coaches: behavioral and mental health training.
AB 34 Patterson Assembly Third Reading
AB 35 Alvarez Third Reading Urgency
AB 52 Aguiar-Curry Assembly Third Reading
AB 72 Jackson Assembly Third Reading
AB 96 Jackson Assembly Third Reading
AB 230 Ransom Assembly Third Reading
AB 277 Alanis Assembly Third Reading
AB 643 Wilson Assembly Third Reading
AB 647 Mark González Assembly Third Reading
AB 664 Alvarez Assembly Third Reading
AB 673 Jackson Assembly Third Reading
AB 685 Solache Third Reading Urgency
AB 710 Irwin Assembly Third Reading
AB 714 Fong Assembly Third Reading
AB 748 Harabedian Assembly Third Reading
AB 767 Alanis Assembly Third Reading
AB 805 Fong Assembly Third Reading
AB 883 Lowenthal Assembly Third Reading By BAUER-KAHAN
AB 946 Bryan Assembly Third Reading
AB 1054 Gipson Assembly Third Reading
AB 1070 Ward Assembly Third Reading
AB 1159 Addis Assembly Third Reading
AB 1204 Alvarez Assembly Third Reading
AB 1265 Haney Assembly Third Reading
AB 1349 Bryan Assembly Third Reading
AB 1359 Ahrens Assembly Third Reading
AB 871 Stefani Assembly Third Reading
AB 1184 Patterson Assembly Third Reading
SB 25 Umberg Senate Third Reading By Aguiar-Curry
Relative to affordable homeownership.
AB 768 Ávila Farías Assembly Third Reading
Public transit: California Transit Stop Registry: transit datasets.
National Human Trafficking Awareness Month.
ACR 115 Bennett Consent Calendar Second Day
ACR 117 Sharp-Collins Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session
California Science and Health Research Bond Act.