a Representative from California; born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa., September 13, 1976; graduated from Council Rock High School, Newtown, Pa., 1994; A.B., University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill., 1998; J.D. Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 2001; lawyer, private practice; professor; author; unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the One Hundred Ninth Congress in 2004; deputy assistant secretary, United States Department of Commerce, 2009-2011; member, Calif. workforce development board, 2012-2016; unsuccessful candidate for election to the One Hundred Fourteenth Congress in 2014; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fifteenth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2017-present)