Aja L. Brown (born April 17, 1982) currently serves as Mayor of Compton, California . On June 4, 2013, Aja Brown made history as Compton's youngest mayor ever to be elected. She won the election by a landslide, defeating both incumbent mayor Eric J. Perrodin and former mayor Omar Bradley . Aja Brown grew up in Altadena, California . Her mother, Brenda Jackson, raised her and her twin brother as a single parent. While attending University of Southern California , she began working for the City of Gardena, California in 2004 as an Economic Development Analyst. She soon graduated in 2004 with a Bachelor's Degree in Public Policy, Urban Planning and Development. Just a year later in 2005, she earned a Master's Degree in Urban Planning with a concentration in Economic Development. In 2006, Brown began working for the City of Inglewood, California as an Urban Planner. In 2009, she began working for the city of ...