Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari was sworn into the U.S. House of Representatives in January 2025, making history as the youngest woman in the 119th Congress and the first Iranian American Democrat. She also serves as Freshman Class President for Democrats in the 119th Congress.

Prior to her election to Congress, she served as Vice Mayor of Phoenix and was the youngest woman ever elected to the Phoenix City Council, representing one of the city’s most diverse districts in the fifth-largest and fastest-growing city in the country.

Rep. Ansari is a proud daughter of immigrants and a graduate of both Stanford and Cambridge universities.

A long-time advocate for our environment, she sits on the House Natural Resources Committee as Ranking Member of the Energy and Minerals Subcommittee and is also a member of the House Oversight Committee.