 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Akaberekerwa uye akakurira muTucson, Arizona, Giffords akapedza kufunda paScripps College neCornell University. Mushure mekutanga kutamira kuNew York City, kwaakashanda mukusimudzira hupfumi hwenharaunda yePrice Waterhouse, Giffords akadzokera kuArizona kunoshanda sa CEO weEl Campo Tire Warehouses, bhizinesi remhuri rakatangwa nasekuru vake. Akashanda muArizona House of Representatives kubva muna 2001 kusvika muna 2003 uye Arizona Senate kubva muna 2003 kusvika muna 2005 paakasarudzwa kuUS House. Giffords akanga achangotanga nguva yake yechitatu muna January 2011 paakapfurwa mumusoro mukuedza kuurayauye kupfura kwakawanda kunze kweTucson panguva yechiitiko nevagadziri. Giffords kubvira ipapo akawanazve zvakawanda zvokugona kwake kufamba, kutaura, kurava, uye kunyora. Akagamuchirwa nekusimuka pakudzoka kwake kuImba yeParamende munaAugust 2011. Akapinda hurukuro yaPresident Obama yeHurumende yeNyika musi wa24 Ndira, uye akazviratidza pasi peImba musi wa25 Ndira, 2012, kwaakapa zviri pamutemo kusiya basa kwake achirumbidzwa nekurumbidzwa kubva kune vaaishanda navo nehutungamiriri hweImba. 