Who is Tim Walz's wife Gwen? Meet the mother-of-two teacher standing by Kamala Harris' VP choice

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz's woman Gwen is simply a coach for illustration him. 

The 2 met arsenic young precocious schoolhouse teachers moving retired of impermanent classrooms successful Nebraska. 

Gwen could perceive Tim's large sound done her schoolroom wall and she was initially irked by it, according to nan Star Tribune. 

But a narration blossomed nonetheless. 

Soon aft they met, Gwen and Tim established a summertime travel to China for their students. 

They took students overseas astir each summertime done 2003, according to nan Minnesota first lady's office. 

The mates were joined successful 1997. 

Gwen struggled pinch infertility and was a diligent astatine nan Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota earlier giving commencement to nan couple's eldest girl Hope successful January 2021.

The first woman of Minnesota utilized IVF to conceive, thing she mightiness bring up connected nan run way pinch immoderate conservative-leaning courts trying to curtail this benignant of fertility treatment. 

Hope is simply a caller assemblage postgraduate and a vegetarian, which she discussed successful a caller video that went viral of her begetter trying to entice her to effort a turkey limb astatine nan Minnesota State Fair.

The mates besides person a boy named Gus, who's a existent precocious schoolhouse student. 

Gus was down nan Walzes determination to rescue their dog, a lab-mix named Scout. 

Gwen said astatine nan property convention unveiling Scout: 'I had not been portion of that negotiation.' 

Gwen is simply a Minnesota autochthonal and grew up successful nan occidental portion of nan authorities alongside 3 sisters. 

As first woman she's been a champion for acquisition - including for nan incarcerated. 

She's politically wide for illustration her hubby and backs criminal justness betterment initiatives and is an state to nan LGBTQ community, she says her successful bio arsenic Minnesota's first lady.