Ashwani Jain is seeking the Democratic nomination for Governor of Maryland. He’s a first generation American who was born to parents who immigrated to the U.S. from India, and went on to become successful small business owners in the state of Maryland. Ashwani is a pediatric cancer survivor and a product of the Maryland public schools and graduate of the University of Maryland, Ashwani is the youngest candidate running for governor. And if elected, he would be the state’s first millennial governor, and first governor of color. Ashwani began volunteering for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign as a high school senior. After Obama took office, he transitioned from a campaign staffer to an administration official, helping the presidential personnel diversify applications for political appointees to the federal government, and acting as the director of outreach for, then, Vice President, Joe Biden’s Cancer Moonshot Initiative.