Biography
At the age of five, he moved with his family to the United States from Taiwan. Chang F. Liu, his father, was a Master of Business Administration student and bank teller who worked 12 hour days. In honor of John F. Kennedy, Liu's father changed his sons' names to John, Robert, and Edward, and his own name to Joseph. Although both his parents spoke Chinese, Liu cannot speak it himself.
He attended PS 20 in Queens and the Bronx High School of Science to 1985, doing community organizing and volunteer work in his spare time.
He attended Binghamton University where he majored in Mathematical Physics and graduated in 1988. He worked as a manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers and served as President of the North Flushing Civic Association before his election to the City Council.
Liu is married to Jenny Liu, an engineer, and has one son, Joey. He resides in Flushing, near where he grew up.
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