Debbie Mucarsel-Powell

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Served as U.S. Representative for Florida's 26th congressional district (2019-2021).
First Ecuadorian-American and South American-born immigrant to serve in the U.S. Congress.
Executive Director at the George Washington University Graduate School of Political Management.
Former Associate Dean at FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine.
Earned a Master of Arts in international political economy from Claremont Graduate University.
Ran for the United States Senate in 2024.

Biography

Debbie Mucarsel-Powell is an American politician and academic administrator. She served as the U.S.

Representative for Florida's 26th congressional district from 2019 to 2021, representing a district in southern Miami-Dade County, including Homestead and the Florida Keys. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the first Ecuadorian-American and first South American-born immigrant to serve in the U.S.

Congress.