Jamaal Bowman is an educator, husband, father of three and champion of working families and children and has been called, ‘this year’s AOC.’’

Jamaal was born and raised in New York City.  He spent his early years in public housing and later in rent-controlled apartments. He didn’t have much growing up, but his mother provided him all that he needed: love, a stable family, and a sense of community. Jamaal now lives in Yonkers with his wife and three kids, and he works as the founding principal of one of the best public middle schools in the city. 

A fierce advocate for teachers, students, and families for twenty years, Jaamal recently earned his doctorate in education focusing on the benefit of the community school model, which is an alternative to charter schools and the roadmap to fixing our public school system. 

Through his work in education, Jamaal has seen firsthand how low-income families are locked out of opportunity by a system that’s rigged for the wealthy and privileged few. Through his work as an advocate and a Principal, he has seen the results of inadequate housing, homelessness, mental health, the racist immigration system, the school to prison pipeline, food deserts, and trauma filled environments.

If elected, Jaamal will be a strong advocate for public education, fight for universal healthcare, rebuild the economy and create new geen jobs through the green new deal, protect immigrants from deportation and work to create more affordable housing for America’s families.