Mussab Ali was born in Lahore,Pakistan,and moved to Jersey City,New Jersey,with his family in 2000.[2] His mother taught in local schools and his father worked as a postal worker.[3] Ali's parents experienced discrimination,harassment,and job loss which motivated his interest in civil rights.[4] Ali graduated from McNair Academic High School[5] and earned dual bachelor's degrees in economics and biology from Rutgers University in 2019,where he was named a Harry S. Truman Scholar in 2017.[4][6]
In November 2017,he won an at-large seat at the Jersey City Board of Education by less than 60 votes[10] for a one-year unexpired term,thereby becoming the youngest elected official in Jersey City history and,at the time,the youngest Muslim elected official in America.[11][12][7] He received an official endorsement from the Jersey City Education Association.[6] In November 2018,he was re-elected,garnering nearly 23,000 votes.[13]
In April 2021,as president of the Jersey City Board of Education,Ali publicly condemned a teacher's racist[14] and profane remarks toward Black students,calling the behavior "completely unacceptable" and supporting the student who recorded the incident.[15][16]
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