Gina Ortiz Jones
Filipino American Gina Ortiz Jones has been nominated by President Joe Biden as Air Force Under Secretary. If confirmed, Jones will be the first woman of color and first Fil-Am to hold the agency’s number two post (See Balitang America for story).
Gina Ortiz Jones (Source: twitter.com)
Gina Ortiz Jones, a Filipina American Air Force veteran announced this week that she is seeking another bid for Congress in 2020, after losing in the 2018 midterm election by only 926 votes (Asian Journal).
Gina Ortiz Jones
Gina Ortiz Jones is an Iraq war veteran, first-generation American and a lesbian. And she's running for Congress in Texas' 23rd Congressional District. If she wins, she'll be the first Filipina-American congresswoman -- ever, reports CNN.com.
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