“As a first-generation college student who worked my way through community college on to Cornell Law, having health insurance was not a top priority when I was starting out. I was buried in student loan debt and worried about simply making ends meet.”

American politician and attorney, former mixed martial artist, since 2019

Sharice Davids is an American politician, attorney, and former mixed martial artist serving in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2019. A Democrat, she represents Kansas's 3rd congressional district and is one of the people speaking for the Kansas side of the Kansas City metropolitan area. Her district includes Kansas City, Overland Park, Prairie Village, Leawood, Lenexa, and Olathe. Before entering Congress, she worked as an attorney and competed in mixed martial arts, a background that gives her public career an unusual shape.