Jackie Gordon has a history of serving the community and country. She is dedicated to protecting healthcare rights for families, ensuring every child has access to quality education, and providing resources to Veterans and service members. 

Jackie Gordon is a combat veteran, educator, and public servant, who is running to represent New York’s 2nd Congressional District. Gordon was born in Jamaica, and grew up in Queens, New York. While teaching in local schools and working on her degree, she enlisted in the United States Army Reserve. Over her 29-year career in the Armed Forces, Gordon served overseas as a platoon leader in Germany during Operation Desert Storm, as a battle captain in Baghdad, and as Commander of the 310th Military Police Battalion in Afghanistan in 2012. She retired from the Army Reserve with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in 2014.

Gordon has spent nearly three decades working in New York public schools, and has earned degrees in education from Hunter College and Queens College. As a guidance counselor at Wilson Technological Center in Farmingdale, Gordon mentors and advises Long Island high schoolers. Since 2007, she has served on the Babylon Town Council, where she has worked to direct resources to veterans and military families as Chair of the Veterans Advisory Council, pushed for the revitalization of Wyandanch Village, which has breathed new life into the community, and helped raise nearly $1 million for the Wounded Warriors Project through the annual Soldier Ride in Babylon. Jackie lives in Copiague with her son Augustus. 

Her daughter, Kerrianne, is a Captain in the U.S. Air Force.