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DiCostanzo is currently the
Liberal Caucus Chair and vice-Chair of the Community Services Committee, and Chair of the Human Resources Committee, and Chair of the Veterans Affairs Committee, and Chair of the Private and Local Bills Committee, and Chair of the Health Committee, and Vice-Chair of the
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DiCostanzo worked for Nova Scotia
Interpreting Services and also has experience in banking administration, travel constituency, entrepreneurship and business ownership. DiCostanzo speaks five different languages and has worked as an interpreter for new immigrants and refugees for almost 30 years.
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Resources and Economic Development Committee. DiCostanzo is a member of the Public Accounts, Internal Affairs and Law Amendments Committees. She is also a member of the House of Assembly Management Commission.
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DiCostanzo and other community leaders set up a "Stop
Littering Committee" in Clayton Park West and challenged other MLAs to help reduce litter and start a conversation about waste management in their rides.
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in 1988 with a bachelor of arts in modern languages. She has been an Arabic interpreter with Nova Scotia
Interpreting Services since 1990.
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791:References
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688:Atlantica
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