Bowman, Jamaal, 1976-

<p>Congressman Jamaal Bowman, Ed.D., represents New York’s 16th District, which includes the Northern Bronx and parts of Westchester County, including Yonkers, New Rochelle, and Mount Vernon. Bowman was born and raised in New York City, spending his early years in public housing and rent-controlled apartments. He was raised by his mother, who supported them with her post office worker’s salary. After graduating from the University of New Haven, Rep. Bowman began his career as a crisis intervention teacher in a Bronx public school and went on to earn a master’s degree in guidance counseling from Mercy College and a doctorate in education from Manhattanville College.</p>

<p>In 2009, Bowman founded Cornerstone Academy for Social Action, a Bronx middle school focused on unlocking the natural brilliance of all children through a holistic curriculum, where he served as principal for a decade. At CASA, Bowman worked to center students’ voices, cultural awareness, and love. He worked to ensure advanced student involvement in science, technology, engineering, art, and math. Bowman has also been an outspoken advocate for rethinking education, including ending state-sanctioned yearly standardized testing.</p>

<p>Bowman was elected to Congress in 2020, running on a platform of transformative progressive policies that will improve the lives of those who have been legislated out of the American dream. Congressman Bowman is dedicated to passing visionary policy that infuses climate justice with economic and racial justice, and to highlighting the importance of research and investing communities of color.</p>

<p>Bowman lives in Yonkers, New York, with his wife and children.</p>

<p>Jamaal Bowman (born April 1, 1976) is an American politician and educator serving as the U.S. representative for New York's 16th congressional district since 2021. The district covers much of the north Bronx, as well as the southern half of Westchester County including Mount Vernon, New Rochelle and Bowman's hometown of Yonkers.</p>

<p>Bowman is the founder and former principal of the Cornerstone Academy for Social Action, a public middle school in Eastchester, Bronx. He is a member of the Lower Hudson Valley chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America. He defeated 16-term incumbent Eliot Engel in the 2020 Democratic primary.</p>

<p>Bowman was born in Manhattan, New York City. He lived with his grandmother in the East River Houses in East Harlem during the week and with his mother and sisters in Yorkville, Manhattan on weekends. His grandmother died when he was eight years old. At age 16, he moved with his family to Sayreville, New Jersey. He attended Sayreville War Memorial High School, where he played on the football team.</p>

BOWMAN, Jamaal, a Representative from New York; born in Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., April 1, 1976; graduated from Sayreville War Memorial High School, Sayreville, N.J; attended Potomac State Junior College, West Virginia University, Keyser, W. Va.; B.A., University of New Haven, West Haven, Conn., 1999; M.A., Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., 2006; Ed.D., Manhattanville College, Harrison, N.Y., 2019; teacher; principal; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress (January 3, 2021–present).