Debbie Wasserman Schultz

Debbie Wasserman Schultz was born in Forest Hills, Queens County, New York, on September 27, 1966, and graduated from Half Hollow Hills High School East in Dix Hills, New York, in 1984. She earned a B.A. in 1988 and an M.A. in 1990, both from the University of Florida. From 1989 to 1992 she worked on the staff of Representative Peter Deutsch of Florida.

Wasserman Schultz was a member of the Florida state house of representatives from 1992 to 2000 and of the Florida state senate from 2000 to 2004. She was elected as a Democrat to the 109th Congress and has served in the House since January 3, 2005. She sits on the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Foreign Affairs.