PERSON: Deja Foxx
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Deja Cherise Operana-Foxx (/ˈdeɪʒə/ DAY-zhə; born April 18, 2000) is an American political organizer and former model who was a candidate in the Democratic Party’s primary election for Arizona’s 7th congressional district in the 2025 special election, losing to Adelita Grijalva. She previously campaigned for Kamala Harris in her 2020 and 2024 presidential campaigns, having first come to national prominence as a supporter of Planned Parenthood.
Foxx, a Filipina American, was born and raised in Tucson, Arizona, where she attended a magnet school, University High School. She was raised in Section 8 housing and her family relied on food stamps growing up. When she was 15, she stopped living with her mother, who struggled with mental illness and substance abuse, and stayed with friends. Foxx worked at a gas station for two years to help support her mother.
While at school, she successfully campaigned to change the sex education curriculum to increase its relevance. In her senior year, she became a founding member of El Rio Community Health Center’s Reproductive Health Access Project, which provides reproductive health care to young people in the Tucson area. She won a Community Innovation Award from the Society for Science in 2018 for a study on the frequencies and relationships of age, race, insurer and BMI to rate of C-sections.
In 2018, Foxx began studying political science at Columbia University in New York City, where she had a full scholarship. Foxx made the Dean’s list for her academic performance. She later became a race and ethnicity major and graduated in 2023, the first in her family to attend and graduate from college.
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Foxx, a Filipina American, was born and raised in Tucson, Arizona, where she attended a magnet school, University High School. She was raised in Section 8 housing and her family relied on food stamps growing up. When she was 15, she stopped living with her mother, who struggled with mental illness and substance abuse, and stayed with friends. Foxx worked at a gas station for two years to help support her mother.
While at school, she successfully campaigned to change the sex education curriculum to increase its relevance. In her senior year, she became a founding member of El Rio Community Health Center’s Reproductive Health Access Project, which provides reproductive health care to young people in the Tucson area. She won a Community Innovation Award from the Society for Science in 2018 for a study on the frequencies and relationships of age, race, insurer and BMI to rate of C-sections.
In 2018, Foxx began studying political science at Columbia University in New York City, where she had a full scholarship. Foxx made the Dean’s list for her academic performance. She later became a race and ethnicity major and graduated in 2023, the first in her family to attend and graduate from college.
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