Ellen Park

Park (born March 6, 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 American woman to be elected to the New Jersey Legislature.

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.

[1] She earned a Juris Doctor degree from the Hofstra University Maurice A. Deane School of Law.

[2] She was elected in 2016 to serve on the Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey Borough Council.