Yen Bailey

Yen Bailey is a lifelong daughter of North Florida and a Tallahassee resident. The daughter of Vietnamese refugees, Yen was raised on the values of hard work, service, and resilience. Her father, a South Vietnamese Air Force pilot, flew refugees to safety as Saigon fell, while her mother escaped Vietnam on a fishing boat under fire before the family eventually made the Florida Panhandle their home.

Inspired by her parents’ belief in the American Dream, Yen devoted her career to public service. After graduating from Tulane University and Florida State University College of Law, she served as a Senior Attorney with the Guardian ad Litem Program advocating for abused and neglected children and later spent more than 13 years as an ethics attorney with The Florida Bar. When her father’s health declined, she shifted her career to care for him. 

Yen and her husband, Steve, a lawyer, FSU professor, and former Army Green Beret, are raising their two sons in Tallahassee with the same commitment to community service that shaped her own life. Together, they volunteer at food banks, help build wheelchair ramps, and support immigrant families across the Panhandle. Yen has also given back through civic leadership. She co-founded Every Vote Florida to ensure all Floridians have a voice in our elections, and she served on the board of the Friends of the LeRoy Collins Public Library System.

Today, Yen is running for Congress to fight for the families and communities that have always been her home.