The story of Mia Love: How a child of Haitian immigrants converted to Mormonism, found her way to Utah and made history in Congress

2014 book recorded her rise as a GOP star when she was first elected.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Mia Love, the former two-term Republican representative from Utah's 4th Congressional District held a news conference at the Utah Republican Party headquarters in 2018. Love was joined at the lectern by her parents, Mary Bourdeau and Jean Maxine Bourdeau, husband Jason, daughter Alessa and son Peyton. Love has died at age 49.

The story of Mia Love: How a child of Haitian immigrants converted to Mormonism, found her way to Utah and made history in Congress

2014 book recorded her rise as a GOP star when she was first elected.

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