Teresa Saavedra Woorman

Teresa Saavedra Woorman (born September 2, 1991) is an American politician who is a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from the 16th district.

Early life and education Woorman was born in Puebla, Mexico on September 2, 1991. Woorman and her family immigrated to Montgomery County, Maryland when she was nine years old. She attended the 2020 Democratic National Convention pledged to Joe Biden. During the 2022 Maryland elections, she served as the campaign manager for Marc Elrich's reelection campaign and as the deputy finance director for Brooke Lierman's Comptroller campaign. During interviews with the Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee (MCDCC), she told party members that she would prioritize housing affordability, ethics reforms, and health equity bills in the legislature. The MCDCC voted 14–10 to nominate Woorman on July 11, 2024. She was sworn in on August 12, 2024 and is a member of the Health and Government Operations Committee.

During the 2025 legislative session, Woorman introduced a bill that would allow noncitizens to serve as a personal representative to their spouse's estate. The bill was introduced after María del Carmen Castellón Luna—whose husband, Miguel Luna, was killed in the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse—was blocked from serving as a representative to Miguel's estate. The bill passed the House of Delegates, but died in the Senate Judicial Proceedings committee.

Personal life

Woorman is married to her husband, Matthew, an opera singer, and they live in Bethesda, Maryland. A few weeks after the convention in September 2024, Winfrey sent Woorman a bouquet of "over 300" roses, a basket of cat toys, a litter vacuum, and a note that said, "Thank you for rising to this moment with grace and humor".

Woorman is fluent in Spanish, English, French, and Italian.