Jay Chen was elected to the Board of Education for Hacienda-La Puente Unified in November of 2007, and besides becoming the youngest board member in district history, set a record for the most votes by a first-time candidate. He is honored to be serving the same district which he graduated from in 1996.
A proud product of Hacienda Heights public schools and Harvard University, previously Jay was a management consultant with Bain & Company and Technoserve, and he has worked in Central and South America as a travel writer for Let's Go publications. His first experience in politics came in the summer of 1996, when he interned in a Congressional office through the Taiwanese American Citizens League.
Jay was elected to to be the pledged delegate for Barack Obama from his congressional district for the 2008 Democratic National Convention, and helped mobilize nearly 100 Asian American activists to campaign for Barack Obama in the critical swing state of Nevada. He was elected to the Democratic State Central Committee with the top vote in 2009. Fluent in Mandarin and Spanish, he is a recipient of the Lions Clubs International Leo of the Year award, and is also an education columnist for the local press. You can learn more about him at: www.electjaychen.com.