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Stephanie Chang, first Asian American woman to serve in Michigan Legislature talks about pursuing politics
Read full article: Stephanie Chang, first Asian American woman to serve in Michigan Legislature talks about pursuing politicsDETROIT – For years, Michigan Sen. Stephanie Chang counseled women with the Detroit Asian Youth Project and now as an elected official runs a fellowship program called Girls Making Change. Like so many working mothers Chang juggles having a toddler and her job, in this case as a state senator. Chang is the first Asian American woman elected in Michigan. While the landscape is changing, Chang says young women and women of color in particular face an uphill battle. Following the mass shooting in Atlanta that killed eight including six Asian American women, Chang helped lead a Detroit rally in support of the victims.