Anna Paulina Luna

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Post Office Box 23064

Saint Petersburg, FL 33742

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FEC committee ID: C00718239

FEC committee name: ANNA PAULINA LUNA FOR CONGRESS

Published email: [email protected]

Published website: http://www.voteannapaulina.com/

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I am a mom, USAF veteran, and wife. I also happen to be one of the youngest members of Congress. My upbringing was very different from the majority of those on Capitol Hill. I didn’t come from a political pedigree, wealth, or an Ivy League education. In fact, it was quite the opposite.

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My father, as much as he loved me, struggled with substance abuse for most of my childhood. I was exposed to a lot of it because of that. I would visit him, and we would go grocery shopping with food stamps. He was in and out of jail until my late teens and, at one point, became homeless. It wasn’t until I was a young adult that he got clean. When he did, we were able to make up for lost time. Sadly, he passed away in January of the year I was elected and didn’t get to see me become a member of Congress, but I know he would have been proud of what I’ve accomplished.

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My mom also faced struggles, but she persevered. She had me at 20 and was a single mother; my parents were never married. Her family had also been heavily impacted by drugs, and her dad wasn’t in the picture. We were on our own. My mom eventually got married, but it was an extremely abusive relationship. At one point, we sought help and tried going to a women’s shelter with my younger sister and brother, but the shelter conditions were so bad and unsafe that she had to bring us back home.

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Following his injury, both Andy and I became involved with several veteran-focused and veteran-led nonprofit organizations, including one whose mission is to end child trafficking through rescue and recovery operations. As I became more deeply involved in that work, I started using my social media platform to speak out against human and child trafficking across the southern border. I was immediately attacked as a racist and called “white-washed” because of my skin color—despite being a second-generation American and a descendant of Mexican immigrants on both my mother’s and father’s sides.

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Just as I was preparing to start a medical school program, Charlie Kirk reached out to me and asked me to join Turning Point USA as the National Director of Hispanic Engagement. Faced with a tough choice, I consulted one of my mentors, a neurosurgeon, who advised me that I could positively impact far more lives by shaping legislation than through a career in medicine. And so, I chose to begin my career as an advocate.

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My story is a true embodiment of the American dream. I tell people, especially those who are struggling, that you may not be able to control the circumstances you’re born into, but you can control the outcome. I had to grow up fast, but through it all, I never stopped fighting. Thanks to hard work and perseverance, I am now a member of Congress. The American dream is alive and well, and I am living proof.

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And I know this is because I directly contradict their false narratives about far-left ideologies like open borders, defunding the police, government dependency, and overtaxing/overregulating being helpful to communities like the one I grew up in.