15 Facts About Tram Nguyen

Tram T Nguyen is an American politician serving as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 18th Essex District.

Tram Nguyen represents the towns of Andover, Boxford, North Andover, and Tewksbury.

Tram Nguyen has previously served as Vice Chair of the House Committee on Steering, Policy, and Scheduling and the Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development.

Tram Nguyen is the highest ranking Asian American woman in the Massachusetts legislature.

Tram Nguyen was born in Vietnam and immigrated to the United States with her family as political refugees when she was 5 years old.

Tram Nguyen was raised in the Merrimack Valley and resides in Andover.

Tram Nguyen graduated from Methuen High School and enrolled at Tufts University as a first-generation college student.

However, her involvement with Jumpstart led Tram Nguyen to realize that she wanted to continue to help families such as these and preferred to make change through policy, not medicine.

Tram Nguyen received a degree in Sociology and American Studies from Tufts University and then her JD from Northeastern University.

Tram Nguyen began her legal career as a fellow through Equal Justice Works, one of the most prestigious and competitive post-graduate legal fellowships in the country, and worked at Greater Boston Legal Services, where she focused on providing legal representation to survivors of domestic violence in family and immigration law.

Tram Nguyen later became a staff attorney at GBLS and then the coordinator for the Civil Legal Assistance for Victims of Crime Project, where she represented and advocated for seniors, veterans, people with disabilities, and others from vulnerable communities who were victims of crimes.

Tram Nguyen led the Nail Salon Initiative, an initiative to help low-wage workers fight wage theft.

Tram Nguyen ran for State Representative of the 18th Essex District in Massachusetts.

Tram Nguyen's win gained back a historically Democratic seat that had been turned Republican when Lyons was elected to office.

Additionally, Tram Nguyen is the first Vietnamese-American woman to be elected to office in Massachusetts.