Stephanie Chang
Stephanie Chang is a Michigan State Senator and was the first Asian American woman elected to the Michigan legislature and the first woman to give birth while serving in the Senate. She served two terms in the Michigan House and as Democratic Floor Leader for her first term in the Senate. She is the Senate Democratic Policy and Steering Chair. In the legislature, she has led on environmental justice, criminal justice reforms, affordable drinking water, and immigrants’ rights. She has passed legislation regarding sexual assault prevention, an address confidentiality program for survivors, the COVID-19 water shutoff moratorium, female genital mutilation, community crisis response, Fred Korematsu Day and more. She cofounded the Asian Pacific American Legislative Caucus and was chair of the Progressive Women’s Caucus. She previously served in various roles for NextGen Climate Michigan, Center for Progressive Leadership, Campaign for Justice, One United Michigan, and the James and Grace Lee Boggs School. She is a co-founder of Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote-Michigan and Rising Voices. Chang earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology and master’s degrees in public policy and social work from the University of Michigan. She lives in Detroit with her husband, Sean Gray, and two young daughters.