Eliana Pintor Marin
Assemblywoman Eliana Pintor Marin was born in Newark to Portuguese immigrant parents and raised in the city’s historic East Ward. She attended the Academy of St. Benedict and Mother Seton Regional High School before earning both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees, along with certificates in Public Administration and International Relations, from St. John’s University. Her professional career began at Banco Votorantim Securities in New York City before she joined the County of Essex, where she now serves as Deputy County Administrator. Pintor Marin entered the General Assembly in 2013 representing the 29th Legislative District and was re-elected to her fifth term in 2023. She currently chairs the Assembly Budget Committee, co-chairs the Joint Budget Oversight Committee, and serves on both the Appropriations Committee and the State House Commission.
As Budget Chair, she plays a central role in negotiations over New Jersey’s $50 billion state budget, while championing working families in her district. She has helped pass laws restoring family planning funding, ensuring equal pay for women, and supporting female, minority, and veteran-owned small businesses. Pintor Marin has also advanced legislation protecting vulnerable residents, including prohibiting utility shutoffs for people using life-saving equipment, creating a campus sexual assault task force, and safeguarding tenants who are victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking. She has been a leader in addressing Newark’s water quality, sponsoring laws to improve lead reporting in schools and child care centers and to replace lead-contaminated service lines. Her work on urban economic redevelopment includes reinstating the Urban Enterprise Zone program and co-authoring the New Jersey Economic Recovery Act of 2020, which funds initiatives in jobs, property development, food access, small business growth, and renewable energy.
A dedicated advocate for women, families, and children, she has sponsored legislation expanding postpartum Medicaid coverage, exempting breast pumps from sales tax, requiring lactation rooms in public facilities, covering doula care, and providing baby boxes and safe-sleeping education to reduce infant mortality. Education remains a lifelong priority; she served on the Newark Public Schools Advisory Board from 2008 to 2014, including as Chair, and has sponsored laws on special education training for teachers, financial literacy, and expanding summer meal programs. Deeply rooted in her community, Pintor Marin has served as a district leader, volunteered in Portuguese cultural organizations, and directed the Luis Camoes Portuguese School. She is married to Anthony Marin, and they are the proud parents of three daughters—Amelia Maria, Aveline Mia, and Ariella Mila.
