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It took me 17 years to become a U.S. citizen.

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For immigrant women, the very act of immigration is about opportunity, equality, and freedom. Women immigrants come to America to care for their families, escape gender-based violence, or express their sexual identity.

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For immigrant women, fighting for some of the standard platforms of the women's movement may feel unthinkable when deportation is staring you in the face every day.

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We need to expand the idea of choice to be about all the choices we make in our lives: including which country we choose to live in so we can be whole and full women.

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We don't get a more responsive government unless we start to systematically run organizing campaigns to change the way government works.

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I love my district, the 37th Legislative District in Washington State, where I have lived for more than 20 years.

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I'm conscious of my race and ethnicity in the legislature - it's hard not to be.

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OneAmerica worked over the course of a decade to bring the movement of immigrants and communities of color together with the movement for marriage equality in Washington.

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Gays and lesbians gained rights in this country though activism and organizing, creating political space and demanding change so that lawmakers and justices could do what they knew was right. That organizing allowed Americans to get to know gays and lesbians as our daughters and sons, our neighbors, and our friends.

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We need to incentivize states across our country to spend on higher education and ensure that we go back to allowing people to go to college tuition-free.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Politician

Born: September 21st, 1965

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