Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/02/20
By Tsao Yu-fan and Ko Lin
Los Angeles, Feb. 19 (CNA) When Jay Chen (陳介飛) declared his intention to seek the
A Hacienda Heights resident and son of immigrant parents from Taipei and Chiayi, Chen attended Hacienda Heights public schools and earned a Navy Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) scholarship to attend Harvard University, from which he graduated with honors.
Although currently the only Taiwanese-American politicians in Congress are Grace Meng (孟昭文) and Ted Lieu (劉雲平), the lifelong Democrat said he will do his utmost to serve his district and hopes that his relatives and friends back in Taiwan can be proud of him should he receive the nomination. [FULL STORY]