[3] During his second year of law school, Park took a Health, Legislation, and Advocacy course where he drafted a bill to provide skilled nursing services to medically fragile children.
During the 2012 legislative session he met and interned for Stacey Abrams who was the minority leader of the Georgia House Democratic Caucus at that time.
Park was inspired to run for political office after his mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer and was able to receive treatment through public health insurance, Medicare, and Medicaid.
Park won the 101st district with 51.1% of the vote despite his opponent, incumbent Republican Chairwoman Valerie Clark, being favored during the campaign.
Park was selected as one of seventeen speakers to jointly deliver the keynote address at the 2020 Democratic National Convention.