Aruna Miller sees serendipity in a journey to elective office she describes as improbable.
Last month, the council urged U.S. Rep. Jamie B. Raskin to disinvite Miller as a special guest to his birthday fundraiser .
Miller came to the United States when she was 7. Her father, who migrated after the passage of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 removed racial and national-origin quotas to allow a new generation of immigrants to enter the United States, returned to India in 1972 to tell Aruna’s grandmother, with whom Aruna had lived since she was about 1 year old, that it was time for his daughter to join him, her mother and two siblings in the United States.
She learned English while attending public school.
During her eight years in Annapolis, Miller pushed legislation requiring universities to update their sexual assault policies and a measure requiring additional protections for victims of domestic violence.from receiving unemployment insurance. “Aruna Miller is the politician who does the right thing when no one’s looking,” said Joe Gebhardt, a personal friend and political supporter.
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