Aruna Miller
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Aruna Miller is an American politician who is a member of the Maryland House of Delegates
Maryland House of Delegates
The Maryland House of Delegates is the lower house of the General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Maryland, and is composed of 141 Delegates elected from 47 districts. The House chamber is located in the state capitol building on State Circle in Annapolis...

 representing District 15 in Montgomery County, Maryland
Montgomery County, Maryland
Montgomery County is a county in the U.S. state of Maryland, situated just to the north of Washington, D.C., and southwest of the city of Baltimore. It is one of the most affluent counties in the United States, and has the highest percentage of residents over 25 years of age who hold post-graduate...

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Background

Miller was born November 6, 1964 in India. Her family came to the United States when she was eight years old. Along with her two siblings and parents, she lived in Poughkeepsie, New York, where IBM
IBM
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 employed her father as a mechanical engineer. She attended public schools in New York and then attended Missouri University of Science and Technology
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Missouri University of Science and Technology is an institution of higher learning located in Rolla, Missouri, United States, and part of the University of Missouri System...

 earning a degree in Civil Engineering
Civil engineering
Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works like roads, bridges, canals, dams, and buildings...

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In 1990, Miller moved to Montgomery County, Maryland
Montgomery County, Maryland
Montgomery County is a county in the U.S. state of Maryland, situated just to the north of Washington, D.C., and southwest of the city of Baltimore. It is one of the most affluent counties in the United States, and has the highest percentage of residents over 25 years of age who hold post-graduate...

 where she married her college sweetheart, David Miller; they have three daughters: Meena, Chloe, and Sasha.

Miller has worked in Virginia
Virginia
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, Hawaii
Hawaii
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, California
California
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 and for the last twenty years in Montgomery County as an engineer. She has overseen programs that advanced access to schools, employment centers, and community facilities that are safe for pedestrians, bicyclists, transit users, and those with disability.

Miller also serves on the Board of Directors for the Montgomery County Public Schools Educational Foundation, Inc.

In the legislature

Miller was sworn in as a member of House of Delegates on January 12, 2011 and appointed to the Ways and Means Committee. (revenue subcommittee, transportation subcommittee). She is a member of the Land Use and Transportation Committee of the Montgomery County Delegation
Montgomery County Delegation
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and a member of the Women Legislators of Maryland.
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