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Jay Chen

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Template:Reliable-sources Jay F. Chen (Template:Zh, born February 23, 1978) is a Taiwanese-American educator and a trustee for Mount San Antonio College in Walnut, California. He is a former member and president of the Board of Education of the Hacienda La Puente Unified School District in Southern California.[1] In 2012, he ran in California's 39th Congressional District and was defeated by incumbent Ed Royce.[2]

Early life and education

Jay Chen was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan to Kelvin and Nain Chen who were Taiwanese immigrants to the United States. Chen spent half of his formative years in Ohio, Indiana, Oregon and Singapore.[3]

In 1988, when Chen was 10, the family relocated to Hacienda Heights, California, where he attended Glen A. Wilson High School and received a Marshall Memorial Fellowship.[4] He received a NROTC scholarship to attend Harvard University.[5]

Career

After graduating, he was recruited by Bain and Company, a consulting firm, to advise Fortune 500 companies, and worked for Technoserve in Honduras before moving on to start a small business in realty. He also currently serves in the U.S. Navy Reserve and is a Lieutenant.

Chen is a self-described progressive.[6] In 2007, Chen ran successfully for the Hacienda-La Puente School Board, defeating incumbent Norman Hsu. He was twice designated president of the board, and was re-elected in 2011 with the highest margin of vote, in a controversial recall election.[6][7] In 2011 he joined the board of directors of the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies, founded by former Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta.[8] In 2012 Chen was elected president of the Asian Pacific Islander School Board Members Association[9] and in 2013 he was re-elected president of the board of education by his peers.

School board activities

In 2010, the Hacienda La Puente School Board voted 4 to 1 to adopt a new Chinese language and culture class at Cedarlane Middle School in Hacienda Heights. The program, called Confucius Classroom and sponsored by the Chinese government's Chinese Language Council International, came at no cost to the district. Chen supported the program, calling its detractors "misinformed."[10]

In 2015 Jay Chen declined to run for a third term on Hacienda La Puente Unified's Board of Education and instead won a seat as Trustee Mount San Antonio Community College. [11]

Congressional bid

In 2012, Chen ran as a Democrat for the 39th Congressional District seat against incumbent Ed Royce, who defeated Chen with 57% of the vote. [12]

Personal life

Chen is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and Spanish and speaks conversational Taiwanese Hokkien.[13][14]

References

  1. ↑ "Board of Education". Hacienda La Puente Unified School District. 2012. http://do-ncs-winweb3.hlpusd.k12.ca.us/index.php/district/board_of_education/. Retrieved 31 October 2012. 
  2. ↑ "November 6, 2012 Voter Guide: Official Endorsements". Los Angeles County Democratic Party. http://www.lacdp.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/voter-guide_nov6_final_print.pdf. Retrieved 17 October 2012. 
  3. ↑ "Jay Chen (D)". Election 2012 (Wall Street Journal). http://projects.wsj.com/campaign2012/candidates/view/jay-chen--CA-H. Retrieved 31 October 2012. 
  4. ↑ "Two Hacienda La Puente district graduates win Marshall Memorial Fellowships". http://www.sgvtribune.com/general-news/20140408/two-hacienda-la-puente-district-graduates-win-marshall-memorial-fellowships. 
  5. ↑ "Full Biography for Jay F. Chen". Smart Voter. 13 September 2011. http://www.smartvoter.org/2011/11/08/ca/la/vote/chen_j/bio.html. Retrieved 31 October 2012. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Hernandez, Daniel (24 September 2012). "Dem. Jay Chen speaks at OLLI politics event". The Daily Titan. http://www.dailytitan.com/2012/09/dem-jay-chen-speaks-at-olli-politics-event/. Retrieved 31 October 2012. 
  7. ↑ "SCHU". http://rrcc.co.la.ca.us/elect/11110011/rr0011pe.html-ssi#HA. 
  8. ↑ "APAICS - Board of Directors". http://apaics.org/about/board-of-directors/. 
  9. ↑ "APISBMA - Asian Pacific School Board Members Association - Our Board". http://www.apisbma.org/board.shtml. 
  10. ↑ Ni, Ching-Ching (4 April 2010). "Chinese government's funding of Southland school's language program fuels controversy". Los Angeles Times. http://articles.latimes.com/2010/apr/04/local/la-me-confucius-school4-2010apr04. Retrieved 31 October 2012. 
  11. ↑ http://www.sgvtribune.com/government-and-politics/20151005/in-two-races-for-mt-sac-board-money-raised-surpasses-150000
  12. ↑ https://ballotpedia.org/California%27s_39th_Congressional_District_elections,_2012
  13. ↑ 陳介飛 (21 May 2012). "陳介飛 打破華裔政治瓶頸". 世界新聞. http://van.worldjournal.com/bookmark/18669674-%E9%99%B3%E4%BB%8B%E9%A3%9B-%E6%89%93%E7%A0%B4%E8%8F%AF%E8%A3%94%E6%94%BF%E6%B2%BB%E7%93%B6%E9%A0%B8. Retrieved 14 October 2012. 
  14. ↑ 陳盈霖 (21 May 2012). (in Chinese)世界新聞. http://la.worldjournal.com/view/full_la/18668476/article-%E7%BE%85%E4%BE%9D%E6%96%AF%E3%80%81%E9%99%B3%E4%BB%8B%E9%A3%9B%E7%8F%BE%E5%A0%B4%E6%8B%89%E7%A5%A8. Retrieved 14 October 2012. 

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