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A broad cross-section of the Livingston community, including Jewish, Black, Latino, Indian, Asian, and non-Jewish White community members, who support Fang Gong.
PHOTO: COURTESY OF FANG GONG
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK – In 2005, Ms Fang Gong arrived in the United States as a young student from Tianjin, China.
On Tuesday, she was elected to the board of education in Livingston, New Jersey – earning a mandate to set policies for the school district and shaping the future for the population of around 31,000 people, of whom 28 per cent are Asian Americans.
