Ruwa Romman

In 2022, she became the first Muslim woman to be elected to the Georgia State House of Representatives . Romman was born in Jordan and moved to the United States when she was 7. She graduated from McCourt with a Master's degree in Public Policy in 2019. After graduation, she worked for Deloitte as a senior consultant. Romman has been involved in local politics and civic engagement groups since 2014. In 2020, Romman co-founded the Georgia Volunteer Hub, which trained thousands of volunteers to support the Georgia Senate Runoff election . In January 2022, she announced her candidacy to become the Georgia House of Representative for District 97. On November 8, 2022, Romman won the general election for Georgia House District 97 against Republican John Chan, making her the first Muslim woman to be elected into the Georgia State House of Representatives . During her 2022 campaign, Romman was endorsed by NARAL , Fair Fight , the Georgia Working Families Party, and the Asian-American Advocacy Fund. Romman campaigned on expanding health care access, protecting voting rights, supporting access to abortion and helping working families. In December 2022, Romman was interviewed by Geoff Bennett for a PBS NewsHour segment titled "How Muslim American candidates made history in the midterms" Since November 2022, Romman is part of Georgia's first formal "Legislative Asian American Pacific Islander Caucus." "US midterms: Three Palestinian-Americans win seats" .¹ "Georgia candidate makes history as first known Muslim and Palestinian woman elected to state House | CNN Politics" . McCourt School of Public Policy .