Susan Pha
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Susan Pha | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Minnesota Senate from the 38th district | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2023 | |
| Preceded by | Roger Chamberlain |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1976 or 1977 (age 48–49)[1] |
| Party | Democratic (DFL) |
| Children | 4 |
Susan Kaying Pha[2] (RPA: Kab Yeeb Phaab; /pɑː/ PAH)[3] is a Hmong-American politician and businesswoman serving as a member of the Minnesota Senate for the 38th district. Elected in November 2022, she assumed office on January 3, 2023.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Pha moved to the United States from Laos with her family as a refugee at age three.[4] She was raised in San Diego and Fresno, California,[5] as the oldest of eight children and part of the Hmong community in the United States.[6]
Career
[edit | edit source]From 1996 to 2011, Pha worked as a real estate agent. In 2010, she founded a publishing company. Pha was elected to the Brooklyn Park City Council in 2016. She was elected to the Minnesota Senate in November 2022,[7][8] the second Hmong woman to do so.[6]
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Categories:
- Living people
- 21st-century American women politicians
- Democratic Party Minnesota state senators
- Women state legislators in Minnesota
- Laotian emigrants to the United States
- Politicians from San Diego
- Politicians from Fresno, California
- People from St. Louis Park, Minnesota
- American politicians of Hmong descent
- 21st-century members of the Minnesota Legislature
- Hmong women
- Hmong American people from Minneapolis–Saint Paul
- Politicians from Saint Paul, Minnesota
- Hmong American state legislators in Minnesota