Amy Mah Sangiolo serves as State Representative for the 11th Middlesex District, representing Newton in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. A longtime Newton resident, attorney, and public servant, she previously served for 20 years on the Newton City Council and has dedicated her career to protecting consumers, strengthening public health, advancing environmental protections, and ensuring government works for the people it serves.

Amy was born and raised in Weehawken, New Jersey, the daughter of George Mah, a Chinese-American U.S. Air Force veteran who later became a banker, and Yuriko Sugie, a Japanese immigrant. Amy attended public schools and pursued classical arts training, studying ballet at the School of American Ballet and classical piano at Juilliard’s Pre-College Division. She graduated from Barnard College with a degree in Political Science and later earned her law degree from Rutgers Law School in Newark.

Her professional career has been rooted in public service. Amy began with an externship at the Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund in San Francisco and went on to work in environmental advocacy with the Container Recycling Institute and the National Wildlife Federation. She later served as a contract attorney for the American Occupational Therapy Association in Washington, D.C. After relocating to Newton with her husband, John, she worked on a major healthcare case at a Boston law firm and later served as a consumer specialist in the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office, focusing on housing issues.

Newton has been Amy’s home for more than 30 years. She and her husband, John, raised their three children here, all of whom attended Newton Public Schools. Amy served on the Newton City Council for 20 years, first winning election by unseating an incumbent and prevailing in a recount by just 12 votes, and later serving two terms as Vice President of the Council.

In addition to her elected service, Amy has remained deeply engaged in civic and community life. She is a co-founder of Fig City News, a nonprofit community news organization dedicated to strengthening local journalism and civic engagement in Newton, and has been active with nonprofit and civic organizations in Newton and across the Greater Boston Asian American community.

In 2024, Amy was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives and now serves on the Joint Committees on Public Health; Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure; Public Safety and Homeland Security; and Racial Justice and Equity.

At the heart of Amy’s work is a simple goal: to ensure that our laws protect people, strengthen our communities, and preserve what makes Newton such a special place to live.