Michelle Wu
| Michelle Wu | |
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| President of the Boston City Council | |
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Assumed office January 2016 |
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| Vice President | Frank Baker (politician) |
| Preceded by | Bill Linehan |
| City Councilor At-Large of the Boston City Council | |
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Assumed office January 2014 |
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| Preceded by | John R. Connolly and Felix G. Arroyo |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Michelle Wu January 14, 1985 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence | Roslindale, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Alma mater |
Harvard University (B.A. 2007) Harvard Law School (J.D. 2012) |
| Profession | Attorney |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Website | michelleforboston.com |
Michelle Wu is an attorney and current President of the Boston City Council. She is the first Taiwanese American and first Asian American woman to serve on the Boston City Council, as well as the youngest current member. In January 2016, she was elected as President of the council.
Wu was born on the South Side of Chicago, IL to parents who had immigrated to the United States from Taiwan and is the oldest of four children. She graduated from Barrington High School in 2003, where she was valedictorian. In 2003, she was selected as a U.S. Presidential Scholar from the state of Illinois. During the 2002-2003 school year, Wu was also the President of the National Junior Classical League. Wu moved to the Boston area to attend college at Harvard University, where she would later also graduate from Harvard Law School in 2012.
In 2010, Wu worked in Boston City Hall for Mayor Thomas M. Menino in the Office of Administration and Finance, and later as a Rappaport Fellow in Law and Public Policy under Menino's Chief of Staff Mitch Weiss. As a fellow, Wu created the Restaurant Roadmap guide to opening a restaurant in Boston, as well as spearheaded the Boston Food Truck Challenge which resulted in three foodtrucks opening on City Hall Plaza. In 2010, Wu also graduated from Emerge Massachusetts, an intensive training program for women who aspire to seek elected office. The following year, Wu worked at the Boston Medical Center-based Medical Legal Partnership, providing legal services to low-income patients.
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