Biography
Michelle Steel served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2021 to 2025, representing California's 48th congressional district from 2021-2023 and the 45th district from 2023 to 2025. Steel, Marilyn Strickland of Washington and Young Kim of California were the first Korean American women to serve in the United States Congress.
Steel was born on June 21, 1955, in Seoul, South Korea, and came to the United States as a young adult with her mother and younger sisters. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in business from Pepperdine University and an MBA from the University of Southern California.
Steel has served on the Orange County Board of Supervisors since January 2015. Previously she served on the California State Board of Equalization from 2007-2015.
For information on Steel's policy subject areas, committee appointments and sponsored/co-sponsored legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives, please visit her profile on https://www.congress.gov.
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Ballotpedia (n.d.). Michelle Steel. Retrieved on Nov. 12, 2020, from https://ballotpedia.org/Michelle_Steel.
Michelle Steel for Congress. (n..d.) Meet Michelle. Retrieved on Nov. 12, 2020, from https://www.michellesteelca.com/about.