Murphy, Stephanie, 1978-

Stephanie Murphy (born Đặng Thị Ngọc Dung; September 16, 1978) is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she has represented Florida's 7th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2017.

Born in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, her family fled Communist-controlled Vietnam when she was six months old, settling in northern Virginia. Murphy earned a B.A. from the College of William and Mary and an M.S.F.S. from Georgetown University. After the September 11 attacks, Murphy went to work for the United States Department of Defense as a national security specialist. Thereafter, she worked as an executive on investment efforts and government affairs initiatives at Sungate Capital in Winter Park, Florida, and as a business professor at Rollins College.

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