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YEO Bios
Leland Cheung
City Councilor

Cambridge, Massachusetts
Leland Cheung is currently serving his second term on the Cambridge City
Council, where he has been a strong leader in economic development,
community building, and regional cooperation. In addition to being the
youngest member of the Cambridge City Council, Cheung is the first
currently enrolled student to be elected to the council, as well as the
first Asian American. Cheung was first elected in 2009 while pursuing a
master’s in public administration at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and an M.B.A. at the
MIT Sloan School of Management. Cheung earned a B.S. in physics, a B.A. in economics, and an M.S.
in aerospace engineering from Stanford University. Cheung previously worked as a senior associate
at Masthead Partners, a Cambridge-based venture capital firm focusing on digital media, mobile, and
internet infrastructure. @lelandcheung

Victor Cirilo

City Councilman
West Orange, New Jersey
Councilman Victor Cirilo was elected in 2012 to the township of West
Orange, New Jersey. He is the former chairman of both the Public
Library Board and the Valley Area Neighborhood Preservation Program.
Professionally, Cirilo is the executive director of the Housing Authority
for the city of Passaic, New Jersey. Cirilo has prioritized property tax
relief and economic development during his tenure as an elected official.
He graduated from Montclair State University with a degree in political science and from Rutgers
University with a master’s degree in public administration.

Enbar Cohen

City Commissioner
Aventura, Florida

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As city commissioner and vice mayor of Aventura, Florida, 26-year-old
Enbar Cohen is the youngest elected official in Miami-Dade County and the
youngest out lesbian elected official in America. Her passion for helping
others began in childhood: one of her first jobs was working as a youth
panelist for Safe Schools South Florida, a nonprofit that aims to end LGBT
bullying. Cohen teaches “street law” at the Miami-Dade County Juvenile
Detention Center, speaking to kids about employment, credit, housing, and their rights. In 2012, Cohen
ran for city commission; in a three-person race, she was elected with 62 percent of the vote. Cohen
is currently studying at Florida International University College of Law. The most fulfilling part of her
work, she says, is “being able to successfully navigate and collaborate in political circles to get the
best possible outcomes by serving as the vehicle carrying the voices of our community.”
@EnbarCohen