Illinois General Assembly - Representative Biography

Years served: January 2023 - Present

Committee assignments: Appropriations-General Service; Approp-Health & Human Services; Health Care Availability & Access; Housing; Immigration & Human Rights; Trans: Regulations, Roads & Bridges; First Responder Subcommittee; Restorative Justice.

Biography: Full-time legislator; B.A. in Sociology (Intensive) with Economics/Anthropology, Yale University; A.M. in Policy, Harvard University; Formerly was the investments and innovation lead at a social impact investments firm in Chicago; Led social innovation initiatives at several technology startups and conducted public policy research; Refugee from Vietnam and the first Vietnamese American and refugee to serve in the General Assembly.

Associated Senator(s):

Mike Simmons

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