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Grace Meng

Grace Meng

  • New York
  • Democratic
Career

U.S. House of Representatives, 2013-present
New York State Assembly, 2009-2013

Education

B.A., University of Michigan
J.D., Yeshiva University's Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

Details

Born: Oct 01, 1975

State Representative U.S. Representative

Biography

Grace Meng assumed office as the U.S. Representative for New York's 6th Congressional District in January 2013.

Born and raised in Queens, Meng graduated from Stuyvesant High School, has a B.A. from the University of Michigan and a J.D. from Yeshiva University's Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.

Previously, she was a member of the New York state legislature, the youngest Asian American ever elected to that state legislature. Meng is a distinguished member of the NYS Legislative Women's Caucus. As the first-ever Asian American appointed to hold a cabinet position in the NYS Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic & Asian Caucus, she initiated New York state's first-ever Asian Pacific American Legislative Advocacy Day.

For information on Meng's policy subject areas, committee appointments and sponsored/co-sponsored legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives, please visit her profile on https://www.congress.gov.

Sources: Ballotpedia (n.d.). Grace Meng. Retrieved on November 21 2022, from https://ballotpedia.org/Grace_Meng

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