Leila Amirhamzeh, J.D., just finished an elected term on the Hackensack, NJ Board of Education and currently works at New Jersey Citizen Action, a statewide progressive grassroots organization that fights for social, racial, and economic justice for all. Leila is running on a slate of progressive candidates to increase access to affordable housing, ensure tax equity, provide much needed support to individuals and local businesses struggling to recover from COVID, and fight for the growing MENA population in the city who have never had adequate representation.