The daughter of first-generation Peruvian immigrants, Representative Furtado became Rhode Island's first Peruvian-American elected official when she was elected to the East Providence School Committee in 2020. She was reelected in 2022 and served as committee chairwoman in her second term, overseeing the completion of the new East Providence High School from her position on the School Committee and as a member of the High School Building Committee. Representative Furtado became the first member of her family to graduate from college when she earned a bachelor's degree from St. John's University in 2015. She graduated from Roger Williams University Law School in 2019 and specializes in immigration and workers' compensation law.
