Former US Rep. Mia Love honored in Utah after brain cancer death
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on April 7, 2025
By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Family and friends of former U.S. Rep. Mia Love gathered Monday in Salt Lake City to honor the life and legacy of the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress after she died of brain cancer last month at age 49.
The former lawmaker from Utah, a daughter of Haitian immigrants, had undergone treatment for an aggressive brain tumor called 
