GOP star to keynote local gala - Thehour.com
She is the first Haitian-American to be elected to Congress, and she is a graduate of Norwalk High School. When Love was five, her family moved from Brooklyn to Norwalk. Growing up in an Haitian-American family in Norwalk, Love graduated from Norwalk High School in 1993 and The University of Hartford with a bachelor's degree in performing arts in 1997. She was known as Ludmya "Mia" Bourdeau until 1998, when she... In Utah she began working as a community spokesperson and went on to city council and then mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah. With her win, she also became the first member of Congress of Haitian descent. Love is the first African American female Republican in Congress, as well as the first African American to be elected to Congress from Utah. The honorees at the Legends Gala will be: former House Republican leader State Representative Larry Cafero, former Norwalk Mayor Richard A. Moccia, and longtime local Republican party leaders Ralph DePanfilis and Ann Artell. Cafero was an 11-term Republican member of the Connecticut House of Representatives, having represented parts of Norwalk and New Canaan in the 142nd District from 1992 until 2015. [ He served as House Minority Leader from 2007-2015. "It's an honor... Source: www.thehour.com
