Gabrielle Giffords

A Representative from Arizona. Born in Tucson, Pima County, Ariz. , June 8, 1970. Graduated from University High School, Tucson, Ariz. , 1988. B. A. , Scripps College, Claremont, Calif. , 1993. M. R. P. , Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. , 1996. William Fulbright Scholarship, Chihuahua, Mexico, 1996. Businesswoman. Analyst. Member of the Arizona state house of representatives, 2001-2003. Member of the Arizona state senate, 2003-2005. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Tenth Congress and to the two succeeding Congresses until her resignation on January 25, 2012 (January 3, 2007-January 25, 2012). Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Joseph R. Biden Jr. , 2022.