TLAIB, RASHIDA, a Representative from Michigan; born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., July 24, 1976; graduated from Southwestern High School, Detroit, Mich., 1994; B.A., Wayne State University, Detroit, Mich., 1998; J.D., Western Michigan University, Lansing, Mich., 2004; lawyer; staff, Michigan state house of representatives, 2007-2008; member of the Michigan state house of representatives, 2009-2014; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Sixteenth Congress (January 3, 2019-present).