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| Born | (1981-11-25) November 25, 1981 (age 43) Midland, Texas, US |
| Relatives | George W. Bush and Laura Bush |
Jenna Welch Bush (born November 25 1981, in Midland, Texas) is the daughter of U.S. President George W. Bush and First Lady Laura Bush. She is the fraternal twin of Barbara.
Personal life
Jenna is named after her maternal grandmother Jenna Hawkins . Her sister is Barbara Pierce Bush. They are known as the first First Twins both because they are the children of the US President and because they are the first twin children of a sitting President.
When her father became Governor of Texas in 1994, Barbara attended St. Andrew's Episcopal School in Austin, Texas. In 1996, Barbara began attending Austin High School, graduating with the class of 2000. She attended the University of Texas at Austin where she was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. On April 29 2001 Jenna was charged with a misdemeanor of being a minor in possession of alcohol in Austin, Texas. She pleaded no contest.. On May 29 2001 Jenna was charged with another misdemeanor--attempting to use a fake ID (with the name "Barbara Pierce," her paternal grandmother's maiden name) to purchase alcohol. She pleaded both no contest. She graduated in 2004 with a degree in English. Before leaving Washington, D.C. in Summer 2006, Bush taught at a public school. She taught at Elsie Whitlow Stokes Community Freedom Public Charter School for a year and a half. She now is working at an internship for UNICEF in Panama.
She has been marketing a book proposal with assistance of Robert Barnett, a New York attorney.
Jenna and her sister did participate in their father's re-election campaign, and even gave a speech at the 2004 Republican National Convention.
References
- "Judge to hear Jenna Bush underage drinking cases Friday". CNN.
- "Alcohol sentence for Bush daughter". BBC.
- http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/jenna5.html The Smoking Gun]
- Jacqueline Leo, Reader's Digest, May 2005
- Amy Argetsinger & Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post, July 3, 2006
- ABC News blog, First Daughter in Argentina, November 20, 2006
- Paul Bedard, Washington Whispers, U.S. News & World Report, January 19, 2007
- Washington Post, September 3, 2004
See Also
- Barbara Pierce Bush, twin sister.
- First Lady Laura Bush, mother.
- President George W. Bush, father.
- former First Lady Barbara Bush, grandmother.
- former President George H.W. Bush, grandfather.