A 17-year-old Liberty High School student has joined the Jersey City school board as the board's first "voice for the students."
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Ambitious and determined, 20-year-old Mussab Ali wants to be a powerful voice for students as the youngest member ever elected to the Jersey City school board.
"I think it's important to get younger people involved," he said. "And especially people that can look at me and say, hey if he can do it, I can do it too."
Mussab Ali, a Rutgers-Newark student who was named a Truman Scholar last year, was sworn in to his one-year term last night by Passaic County's first Muslim freeholder, Assad Akhter.
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He lost a race for school board last year. But, Mussab Ali was undeterred. He ran and won, by less than 70 votes, a school board seat two weeks ago making the 20-year-old the youngest ever elected to office in New Jersey. What motivated him to seek office? Senior Correspondent Brenda Flanagan recently spoke to Ali.
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Gold Star father Khizr Khan has endorsed Mussab Ali for a one-year term on the Jersey City Board of Education.
“Congratulations. You have my full support and endorsement. We need more leaders like
you. God Speed,” Khan said in a statement.
A junior has been chosen as Rutgers University – Newark’s first Truman Scholar and the 10th from Rutgers University overall.
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Mussab Ali, a 19-year-old student pursuing dual majors in economics and biology at Rutgers University–Newark (RU-N), is on a quest to ensure the students of his hometown, Jersey City, New Jersey, are not forgotten. Ali is seeking to occupy one of Jersey City’s three vacant school board seats in the upcoming November 8 election.
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