Kasina Douglass-Boone | |
State Assembly: | Nevada |
District: | 17th |
Term Start: | July 7, 2020 |
Term End: | November 4, 2020 |
Predecessor: | Tyrone Thompson |
Successor: | Clara Thomas |
Birth Place: | Las Vegas, Nevada |
Party: | Democratic |
Alma Mater: | Western High School Community College of Southern Nevada Ashford University |
Kasina Diane Douglass-Boone[1] (born 1974) is a former member of the Nevada Assembly.
Douglass-Boone was born in 1974 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Douglass-Boone graduated from Western High School. Douglass-Boone earned a A.A. from the Community College of Southern Nevada and a B.S. from Ashford University in Clinton, Iowa.[2]
Douglass-Boone has worked for the Clark County School District for more than 20 years. She has worked in a number of different capacities for the district, including as a social worker. On June 9, 2020, Douglass-Boone ran unsuccessfully in the primary for the Clark County Board of Trustees seat representing District B. On July 7, 2020, Douglass-Boone was appointed by the Clark County Commission to fill the vacancy in the Nevada Assembly left by Tyrone Thompson's death.[3] She was the only one who applied to fill the vacancy.[4] She represented the 17th district of the state assembly until November 4, 2020.[5]
In 2022, Douglass-Boone supported a ballot initiative proposed by a culinary union seeking to cap rent payments in North Las Vegas, citing her own experiences with high rent.[6]
Kasina is married to Anthony Boone III.[2]