Representative Pramila Jayapal (Chennai, India, age 60) arrived at age 16 in the United States to study and, after a career as a civil rights activist, she became in 2017 the first woman of Indian descent to enter Congress. Today she is one of the most influential progressive members of the Democratic Party in the Capitol.
Representative Pramila Jayapal (Chennai, India, age 60) arrived at age 16 in the United States to study and, after a career as a civil rights activist, she became in 2017 the first woman of Indian descent to enter Congress. Today she is one of the most influential progressive members of the Democratic Party in the Capitol.