Early life and education
Concepcion was born in Puerto Rico and raised in East Hartford,Connecticut. [2] He attended East Hartford High School,where he was class president and became interested in politics. In 2004,he earned a Bachelor's in political science from the University of Connecticut,and settled in Hartford,where he lives with his wife and daughter. [1] In 2005,he began working as a community liaison and assistant for Mayor Eddie Perez. [1] [3] He then served as a Vice President of the MetroHartford Alliance,a group that advocates for Hartford's small business community,before becoming the Executive Director of the Hartford Chamber of Commerce in 2018. [1]
Political career
Concepcion started his political involvement in 2010,getting elected as a member of Hartford's Democratic Town Committee. [4] In 2015,he was elected to Hartford's City Council,where he was elected as the Majority Leader. [1] In 2018,Concepcion ran in the special election for Connecticut's 4th House of Representatives district following the resignation of incumbent Angel Acre,who had exchanged inappropriate texts with a teenaged girl. [5] Concepcion earned nearly 65% of the vote,defeating petitioning Democrat Jessica Inacio and Republican Bryan Nelson,and assumed the office on June 12th,2018. [6] [7]
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