From The New Democrat Magazine's "100 To Watch"

Background: Public-interest lawyer; community association director; Rhodes Scholar.

Proudest accomplishment: Defeating a 16-year incumbent and, at age 29, becoming the youngest councilman in Newark history.

Political figure I admire most: Mohandas K. Gandhi.

Why I am a Democrat: "Because it is the party that most closely reflects my values on a broad range of issues. The party still has challenges and needs to evolve to face our changing times -- but so do I."

Favorite books: The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin, the poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke, and The Federalist Papers, among others.

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