Sam Seung Jung

Sam Seung Jung (born February 8, 1988) is the assistant director at NYC Deputy Mayor for Strategic Policy Initiatives. Jung is an urban planner, program manager, campaign strategist, artist, and community organizer who aims to create a more equitable economy through scaling up employee-ownership initiatives and increasing MWBE (minority or women-owned business enterprise) procurement at the city scale.
Early life
Jung was born in Southern California to South Korean parents in the late 1980s. He worked for a while as a community organizer with young Asian Americans, the queer community, and low-income people after his undergraduate studies before returning to school for urban planning.
Education
In 2011, Jung graduated from University of California, San Diego (UCSD) with a major in Ethnic and International Studies and minor in Critical Gender Studies and Visual Arts. While at UCSD, Jung also organized around education justice and queer Asian Pacific Islanders (API) and Korean issues.
In 2017, Jung graduated with a master's degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Career
Before his official life as an urban planner with the City of New York, from 2014 to 2015, Jung was an Emerging Arts Fellow.
2018 AFTER LIFE (what remains)
Visual and performance art exhibition at The Alice gallery as part of the Super Futures haunt Qollective

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