A Representative from Iowa. Born in Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa, December 27, 1988. Graduated from Hempstead High School, Dubuque, Iowa, 2007. U. S. Capitol Page School, 2006. B. A. , Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, 2011. Legislative assistant. Staff, Iowa state house. Member of the Iowa state house, 2015-2019. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress (January 3, 2019-January 3, 2021). Unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress in 2020. Unsuccessful candidate for nomination to the United States Senate in 2022. United States Special Envoy for Global Youth Issues, November 2022-present.