Mia Love was diagnosed with glioblastoma in 2022. She said her doctors estimated she had only 10-15 months to live, but she surpassed that. A glioblastoma is a fast-growing glioma, a type of tumor that arises from glial cells,

Mia Love’s family announced her death in a post on social media. The former congresswoman from Utah was 49 years old.

Love visited North Miami and Haiti as the first Black Republican and Haitian American elected to the U.S. Congress.