Kris Wang is an American politician and a former mayor of

Cupertino Cupertino ( ) is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States, directly west of San Jose on the western edge of the Santa Clara Valley with portions extending into the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains. The population was 57,8 ...

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Early life

She was born and raised in

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

and came to the United States to pursue higher education. Wang received her Bachelor of Science degree in statistics and master's degree in business management from

University of Phoenix University of Phoenix (UoPX) is a private for-profit university headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona. Founded in 1976, the university confers certificates and degrees at the certificate, associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree lev ...

, and her graduate studies in computer science at

San Jose State University San José State University (San Jose State or SJSU) is a public university in San Jose, California. Established in 1857, SJSU is the oldest public university on the West Coast and the founding campus of the California State University (CSU) sys ...

Career

Wang was the Cupertino City Commissioner. In the Nov 2003 election, Wang received 34.25% of the vote for Cupertino City Council. Wang was first elected to Cupertino City Council in 2003 and re-elected in November 2007. She was the city's first female Chinese-American councilwoman and vice mayor. Wang served as the mayor of

in 2007 and 2010. Her inauguration in 2007 made her the first female mayor of the city.

Personal

Wang is married with two sons.

References

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