Jennifer Carroll Foy was born and raised in Petersburg and was one of the first women to graduate from the Virginia Military Institute. Jennifer then served as a public defender and foster mom.
In 2017, she flipped a Republican district as a first-time candidate pregnant with twins. During her two terms as Delegate, Jennifer championed the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, helped expand Medicaid to 400,000 Virginians, and advocated for the Commonwealth’s most vulnerable communities.