Meet Jennifer
Jennifer Gutiérrez is the Councilmember for New York’s 34th City Council district, where she represents Williamsburg, Bushwick and Ridgewood.
Born and raised in Queens to parents who emigrated from Colombia in the 1980s, Jennifer grew up in a one-bedroom apartment with her family in an immigrant rich community and attended local public schools all her life.
For nearly a decade, she has worked as an organizer and activist in the district, working alongside immigrants and working families to champion affordable housing and increase access to social services. In the City Council, Jen has been a strong progressive voice, standing up to the Mayor’s proposed budget cuts to education and social services and fighting to pass legislation that would benefit working parents, including the Marshall Plan for Moms and legislation that increased free access to doulas. She is also the chair of NYC Council Technology Committee and has focused her committee work on equity.
She is the daughter of immigrants and a proud lifelong public school student, graduating from New York City public schools and SUNY Albany.
