Cori Bush

Bush is one of the more striking figures here. A nurse, a pastor, and a Black Lives Matter activist who became the U.S. representative for Missouri's 1st district, she carried the streets of St. Louis straight into Congress. I find that trajectory genuinely meaningful: someone who spent years caring for and standing beside the vulnerable, then stepped into the room where laws are written. That order matters to me. Whatever one thinks of her politics, a voice forged in real hardship and protest brings a weight that polished careerism never will, and that conviction commands respect.

Name (English)

Cori Bush

Name (Japanese)

コーリ・ブッシュ

Reading

こーり・ぶっしゅ

Born

July 21, 1976 (age 50)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Dragon

Origin

St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Occupation

activist / politician / pastor / nurse

High school

Cardinal Ritter College Prep High School

University

Cardinal Ritter College Prep High School

• Official sitehttps://coribush.org/
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/coribush/
• Xhttps://x.com/CoriBush
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cori%20Bush
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q98084800

Tags

• Missouri
• activist
• politician
• pastor

Last updated

2026-06-17

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.