Donna M. Christian-Christensen is a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives serving the U.S. Virgin Islands.http://www.donnachristensen.house.gov/SinglePage.aspx?NewsID=1248 

Christian-Christensen is the first female physician in the history of the U.S. Congress, the first woman to serve an offshore territory, and the first woman delegate from the U.S. Virgin Islands.http://www.donnachristensen.house.gov/SinglePage.aspx?NewsID=1248 She is a member of the Committee on Natural Resources and the Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee.http://www.donnachristensen.house.gov/SinglePage.aspx?NewsID=1248 

Christian-Christensen has two daughters, Rabiah and Karida, and a granddaughter Nia Elena.http://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/biography_62.html She married Chris Christensen in 1998.http://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/biography_62.html Christensen has two daughters, Lisa and Esther, and two sons, David and Bryan.http://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/biography_62.html 

Christian-Christensen was born on September 19, 1945 in Teaneck, New Jersey.http://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/biography_62.html She earned her doctor of medicine degree in 1970 from George Washington University School of Medicine.http://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/biography_62.html Christian-Christensen completed her family medicine residency at Howard University Medical Center.http://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/biography_62.html In 1975, she worked as an emergency room physician in the Virgin Islands.http://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/biography_62.html During 1975 and 1976, she was a staff physician at the Maternal and Child Health Program.http://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceofmedicine/physicians/biography_62.html 

In January 2009, Christian-Christensen sponsored an amendment to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/R?d111:FLD003:@1%28Rep+Christensen%29: The purpose of the bill was to authorize the shipment of prescription drugs between the United States and the Virgin Islands.http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/R?d111:FLD003:@1%28Rep+Christensen%29: She sponsored the Virgin Islands Improvement Act and the Judicial District of the Virgin Islands Act in 2009 as well.http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/R?d111:FLD003:@1%28Rep+Christensen%29: