Jocelyn Yow

Jocelyn Yow (born 1995) is an American politician serving as a member of the Eastvale, California city council for district 4 since December 2018. On December 10, 2020, Yow was sworn in as mayor of Eastvale, making her the youngest woman of color (25 years old at the time) to serve as mayor in a California city.

Early life and education Yow was born in San Jose, California. She is the daughter of a Malaysian Chinese father and Vietnamese refugee mother. Her mother grew up in Vietnam but fled to a refugee camp in Malaysia as a result of the Vietnam War. However, she is also a native speaker of Chinese and Malay. In 2011 (age 16), she moved back to the United States, settling in Eastvale, California in hopes of attending college. There, she was a member of the Honors Program and Alpha Gamma Sigma. Yow also served as staffer to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and congressman Gil Cisneros. As mayor, she also secured $8 million in funding for Eastvale's police station, spearheaded the Eastvale Little Library project, and served as advisor of the Eastvale Youth Council.

In 2021, Yow served as Policy Manager at IGNITE National. She was later promoted to Legislative Advocacy Director. She was endorsed by elected officials such as Corona City Former Mayor/Councilmember Jacque Casillas, Jurupa Valley Mayor Chris Barajas, and several others. From this relationship, she had a son, Kayden, in May 2020.

Yow has a younger brother.

She hopes to become a community college professor in the near future as it is a system that benefited her and her family greatly.