Anna Paulina Luna is an American politician and U.S. Air Force veteran. She is serving as the U.S. representative for Florida’s 13th congressional district since 2023. She is the first Mexican-American woman elected to Congress from Florida. Her political party is Republican Party. Luna is currently married to Andrew Gamberzky, a U.S. Air Force combat controller.
During the 2023 Speaker of the House election, Luna voted against Kevin McCarthy on the first 11 ballots, instead nominating Representative Jim Jordan and later Representative Byron Donalds. Luna, at first, decided to run for Congress in 2018, while living in Portland, Oregon.
Who are Anna Paulina Luna’s parents?
Anna Paulina Luna was born on May 6, 1989, with the birth name of Anna Paulina Mayerhofer to her father, George Mayerhofer, and Monica Todd in Santa Ana, California. Luna was raised in the California cities of Santa Ana, Irvine, Aliso Viejo, and Los Angeles. In 2019, she took her grandmother’s maiden name, Luna, to represent her Hispanic heritage. Her dad is an architect while her mother is an elementary school teacher and stay-at-home mother. She celebrated her 33rd birthday in 2022. She belongs to a mixed ethnical background as her mother has Mexican-American ancestry and her father has Mexican and German ancestry. She is American when it comes to her nationality. Her parents never married, although her mother married another man when Luna was about eight years old. She has said her mother raised her on government assistance, and that her father was a drug addict whose bag of meth she found when she was 10. Her father, who lived with Luna and her husband for a time, died in a car crash in January 2022. She identified herself as “White, not of Hispanic origin” when she registered to vote in Okaloosa County, Florida, in 2015, but updated her registration to Hispanic in 2019. She has identified as a Messianic Jew and as a Christian.
Regarding her academics, Anna attended six high schools before graduating. In 2017, she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in biology from the University of West Florida. Before her professional career, Luna worked as the director of Hispanic engagement for Turning Point USA, a producer for PragerU, and a reporter for the conservative media company El American.
How was the career of Anna Paulina Luna?
- Anna, at age 19, was enlisted in the U.S. Air Force where she served as an airfield management specialist at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri and then in Florida. During the time, she modeled and appeared in publications such as Maxim and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. Likewise, she also worked briefly as a waitress at a gentlemen’s club there.
- In 2018, she decided to run for Congress while she was residing in Portland, Oregon. She entered the GOP primary for Florida’s 13th congressional district in September 2019, and Matt Gaetz endorsed her in November 2019. Further, she was also endorsed by Charlie Kirk, Elise Stefanik, Students for Trump, and former St. Petersburg, Florida mayor Bill Foster.
- Anna won the Republican primary in August 2020 but lost to incumbent Charlie Crist in the November 2020 general election.
- She was elected as the U.S. representative for Florida’s 13th congressional district in the 2022 election, defeating Democratic opponent Eric Lynn, a former senior advisor for Barack Obama. Donald Trump endorsed Luna.
- In June 2022, Luna said of the 2020 United States presidential election, “I believe that President Trump won that election, and I do believe that voter fraud occurred.”
- She has said she favors abortion bans and has called herself a “pro-life extremist”.
- In an August 2022 interview, Luna said that she would support a ban on U.S. oil exports in order to increase the domestic oil supply, saying, “The United States has literally one of the biggest supplies of cleanest oil in the entire world. There’s no reason why we need to be going to places like Saudi Arabia or even Venezuela to get those oil sources.”
- Her website states that she opposes “radical left-wing gender theory being pushed on our kids”.
- She voted against Kevin McCarthy on the first 11 ballots during the 2023 Speaker of the House election.
- During a combative House of Representatives Oversight Committee hearing on February 8, 2023, Luna alleged that Twitter, the federal government, and “leftist nonprofits”, and potentially the Democratic National Committee had acted jointly to censor Americans in November 2020, through the Jira project management platform, and that it violated the First Amendment.
Who is Anna Paulina Luna’s husband?
Anna Paulina Luna married her husband, Andrew Gamberzky. Her spouse, Andrew, is a U.S. Air Force combat controller. As per the sources, the duo met each other in the Air Force. After dating for a long-time, both got married. After marriage, she changed her surname to Gamberzky. Anna along with her husband purchased a house in St. Petersburg, near MacDill Air Force Base in July 2020 where her husband was stationed. In 2022, the family of a boy allegedly bitten by Luna’s dog sued Luna, her campaign, and her husband. She is straight when it comes to her sexuality.
Anna Paulina Luna and Andrew Gamberzky do not have children at the time of writing. It seems they are not ready for a kid right now. She also works as a human trafficking advocate.
How much is Anna Paulina Luna’s net worth?
Anna Paulina Luna is a politician who is serving as the U.S. representative for Florida’s 13th congressional district since 2023. Her main source of wealth comes from her political career. She is leading a cool lifestyle right now.
Anna Paulina Luna has an estimated net worth of $6 million as of 2023. She is also making extra money as a host of the podcast “Luna Talks”. She also serves the position of Chief Correspondent at EI American. Her book career also adds fortune to her net worth. She wrote a book “Bringing Them Home: The Untold Cost of Putting Mission First”. She is also working as a model and making a decent sum of money.
How tall is Anna Paulina Luna?
Anna Paulina Luna is a beautiful lady with a charming smile and glowing face. She has a pair of hazel eye color and her hair color is dark brown. She hits gym to maintain her body.
Anna has a slim body type. She has a height of 5 feet 7 inches or 1.7 m or 170 cm. She has a body weight which consists of 60 Kg or 132 lbs. She has got a healthy body at present and she is very conscious about her food intake.
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