Stephanie Nguyen

Assemblymember Stephanie Nguyen is a Democrat representing California's 10th Assembly District, which encompasses Elk Grove, Florin, Freeport, Fruitridge Pocket, Lemon Hill, Parkway, and portions of Sacramento in Sacramento County ^[1][2]. Born on April 17, 1979, in Opelousas, Louisiana, to Vietnamese refugees who fled the fall of Saigon by boat in 1975, Nguyen was raised in Sacramento's Little Saigon neighborhood ^[3][4]. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies from California State University, Sacramento in 2001 and later completed a Master of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School in 2019 ^[1][5]. A longtime nonprofit executive and former Elk Grove City Council member, Nguyen was first elected to the Assembly in November 2022, becoming the first Asian American Pacific Islander woman to serve as a state legislator from the Sacramento region ^[2][6]. She was reelected in November 2024 with 67.6 percent of the vote ^[1]. As a Democrat whose legislative record reflects progressive policy priorities, Nguyen has frequently taken positions that diverge from CFC's family-focused policy priorities. With a 17% CFC Biblical Values Scorecard rating, her voting record has consistently diverged from the California Family Council's worldview framework on the sanctity of life (Chapter 6), parental authority in education (Chapter 8), and religious liberty (Chapter 9).

Nguyen's path to public service was shaped by her family's immigrant experience. Her parents fled Vietnam after the communist takeover of South Vietnam, eventually resettling in the United States as refugees ^[2][3]. Growing up in a low-income household in Sacramento's Little Saigon district, she witnessed firsthand the challenges facing immigrant and refugee families, including language barriers and limited access to social services ^[3][4]. She initially aspired to become a teacher before turning to nonprofit work ^[5].

Her 17% CFC Biblical Values Scorecard rating reflects consistent divergence from the California Family Council's worldview framework. Her voting record has supported abortion access expansion over the sanctity of life, government-directed education over parental authority, and progressive social mandates over religious liberty protections.