Carvalho (born 1981) is an American attorney and politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 2014 to 2019.
He is a member of the Democratic Party and represented the Fifth Suffolk District, comprising the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston.
Carvalho was born in Cape Verde.
He emigrated to Boston when he was 15 years old.
He then graduated from Madison Park Technical Vocational High School, the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Howard University School of Law.
He worked in the office of the Suffolk County District Attorney as an assistant DA.
He won the Democratic Party primary election for the Fifth Suffolk seat on April 1, 2014, and was unopposed in the general election on April 29, winning with around 739 votes.
He was sworn in May 14.In 2018, Carvalho did not run for reelection in his seat, instead launching a campaign for the Democratic nomination for Suffolk County District Attorney.
He lost the primary to Rachael Rollins, finishing third in a field of five candidates.