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Epsy Campbell Barr (born 4 July 1963 in San José, Costa Rica) is a Costa Rican politician and economist. One of the Founders of the Citizens' Action Party (PAC), she ran for president in 2010 and 2014. She is currently serving as a deputy in the Legislative Assembly. ==Early life and education== Campbell is named after her paternal grandmother, who migrated from Jamaica to the Costa Rican Caribbean coast with her husband. Epsy Campbell Barr was born in San José in 1963, while her parents Shirley Barr Aird and Luis Campbell Patterson were living in San Francisco de Dos Rios. She is the fourth child of a family of five daughters and two sons. She married at a young age and became mother when she was just starting her university studies. She has two daughters, Narda and Tanisha. She attended primary school in Las Gravilias and Ricardo Jiménez Oreamuno School where she graduated in 1975, and completed secondary education studies at Liceo Franco Costarricense and Colegio Superior de Señoritas. She studied flute and saxophone in the Youth Symphony Orchestra from 1976 to 1983. Epsy Campbell began her university studies at the University of Costa Rica and later moved to the Regional Headquarters of Limón Province, where she studied and worked simultaneously. She lived in the Caribbean for ten years, then returned to San Jose, where she graduated as an economist at the Latin University of Costa Rica in 1998. She has an MA in Development Cooperation at the Foundation for Cultural and Social Sciences of Spain in 2008. She is a researcher and activist for the rights of women and people of African descent, and entered politics out of desire for social activism. She was President of the Citizens' Action Party (PAC) from February 2005 to February 2009. She was also national MP for the PAC from 2002 to 2006, and head of its faction from 2003 to 2005. She was a vice-presidential candidate in 2006. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Epsy Campbell Barr」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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