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- **Posted:** 2022-05-05T22:01:01.000+00:00

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✨ Introducing: Women of Excellence Leadership Award Honoree: Cherry Hill Mayor Susan Shin Angulo! ✨

Throughout her career, while Susan Shin Angulo was breaking glass ceilings and knocking down barriers, she regularly channeled the voice of her late father.

“My dad always said nothing is impossible,” says Susan, who is the first Asian American female mayor in Cherry Hill – and New Jersey. “When I was younger, I’d shoot back ‘What are you talking about, Dad, so many things are impossible.’ But when I got into politics, I slowly started believing that.”

Her own immigration story – set in motion when her father fled communist North Korea for South Korea as a child – laid the groundwork. She was 4 when her family immigrated to Philadelphia in 1974.

“They barely knew a word of English, barely had a dime to their name but they had dreams and aspirations and they worked very, very hard,” says Susan. She studied science in college, earned an advanced degree in cytogenetics and then worked in genetic research, pharmaceutical sales and marketing as well as commercial real estate.

Susan wasn’t interested in politics until her young family settled in Cherry Hill. At home one day, she observed the trash truck making the rounds and wondered what she would do if it hadn’t come that day. “If trash wasn’t collected,” she says, “I didn’t know who to call. So I decided to get involved.”

Susan served in several roles on township committees before running for Cherry Hill Township Council in 2010. Her win marked the first time a Korean-American woman was elected to public office in New Jersey. Then in 2015, with her swearing-in on the Camden County Board of Commissioners, she became the first Asian American commissioner in the state. In 2020, she was elected mayor.

“I want to move forward to empower all Asian American girls and young women,” she says. “I tell them if you dedicate yourself to whatever you do, you can do anything. It’s hard work but not impossible.”

Get to know Susan and the rest of our 2022 Women of Excellence Honorees at our Link in Bio! 📷: @dmhphotographer 
#southjersey #womenofexcellence #justsaysj #newjersey #cherryhill #womeninpolitics #aapi

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| SJ Magazine | @Justsaysj | https://gondola.cc/Justsaysj | Magazine |
| Elyse Notarianni | @ElyseNotarianni | https://gondola.cc/ElyseNotarianni | Social Media Manager |

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