"I want Louisiana’s 1st Congressional District to know me"
Gilda Werner Reed is a lifelong resident of Metairie, born in 1947. Gilda has been married to Sam for 40 years and together they have 7 children, plus 11 surviving young grandchildren.
Dr. Gilda Werner Reed attended the University of Southwestern Louisiana, Tulane-Newcomb and the University of New Orleans earning her degrees from the University of New Orleans. Her Ph.D. is in Applied Biological Psychology in 1996. Dr. Reed has been teaching at the University of New Orleans since 1994 and presently teaches several different campus and online courses each semester.
Gilda has hosted events to educate voters on environmental issues, poverty issues and Iraq War issues. Dr. Reed is politically conscious and active and remained so even while raising her 7 children and earning her doctorate. Her life-long polio disability only spurred her to excel and she teaches more classes than any of her colleagues.
Fired-up and feisty, Gilda entered the political sphere in 2007 to make a powerful difference in the lives of senior citizens, children, working men and women and small business owners.
