Ellen Park
Ellen Park (born 1972) is an American lawyer and Democratic Party politician who was elected in the 2021 New Jersey General Assembly election as an assemblywoman for New Jersey's 37th legislative district, making her the first Korean woman to be elected to the New Jersey Legislature.
Ellen Park | |
|---|---|
| Member-elect of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 13th district | |
| Assuming office January 2022 | |
| Succeeding | Valerie Huttle and Gordon M. Johnson |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Democratic |
Political career
Born in South Korea, Park moved to the United States as a child and was raised in the New York City neighborhoods of Sunnyside and Flushing. She attended Bronx High School of Science and New York University. She was elected in 2016 to serve on the Englewood Cliffs Borough Council. In the November 2021 general election, she was elected together with her running mates Gordon M. Johnson to the Senate and Shama Haider in the Assembly, making her the first Korean woman to serve in the state legislature.[1]
References
- Chao, Mary. "Meet Ellen Park: The first Korean woman elected to NJ Legislature", The Record, November 6, 2021. Accessed November 9, 2021. "It's been a whirlwind week for Ellen Park. The Englewood Cliffs attorney made history Tuesday as the first Korean woman to be elected to the New Jersey Legislature, representing the 37th District Assembly of Bergen County."