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Marilyn Strickland
Marilyn Strickland


Marilyn Strickland has served as member of the U.S. House of Representatives since Jan. 3, 2021, representing Washington's 10th Congressional District. Strickland was born in Seoul, South Korea. She currently lives in Tacoma, Washington. She earned a B.A. in sociology from the University of Washington and an M.B.A. from Clark-Atlanta University. She has served as the campaign chair of the United Way of Pierce County. She has also served as a trustee of the Tacoma Public Library and Annie Wright Schools, and a member of The Black Collective and the […]
Norma Torres
Norma Torres


Norma J. Torres assumed office in the U.S. House of Representatives in California's 35th District in January 2015. Torres was born April 4, 1965, in Guatemala and immigrated to the United States when she was five years old. She received her bachelor's degree in labor studies from the National Labor College in Silver Springs, Maryland. Torres worked as a 911 dispatcher from 1990 to 2008. In 1994 she led a campaign to require the hiring of bilingual 911 operators. She was an active member of AFSCME and Local #3090's of […]
Mimi Walters
Mimi Walters


Marian "Mimi" Walters served in the U.S. House of Representatives for California's 45th Congressional District from 2015 to 2019. Walters was born on May 14, 1962 in Pasadena, California. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in political science from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1984. She began her career as a stockbroker. From 1996 to 2000, Walters was councilwoman and from 2000 to 2004 she was mayor of Laguna Niguel. She then served in the California State Assembly from 2004 to 2008. From 2008 to 2015, Walters served […]