Good luck to him we say…
When residents of Johns Creek, Georgia heard that Ashwin Ramaswami was running to be their representative in the state senate, there was a decent chance they already knew him. Even after studying computer science at Stanford University, working in Silicon Valley, and pursuing his J.D. at Georgetown University Law, Ramaswami decided he could make the most impact in the place he calls home.
Ramaswami has spent the last month in Georgia District 48 grabbing coffee with constituents and holding town halls, among other campaign events. The 24-year-old hopes the north Atlanta suburb will choose him to be the state’s first Indian-American, Hindu, and Gen Z legislator come November.
All the while, Ramaswami flies back to D.C. weekly for classes and to teach at a local Hindu temple as he completes his third year of law school.
“It is nice to be somewhere like D.C. where it’s like the center of everything; you’re able to work on policy,” Ramaswami told the Voice in an interview. “But I think something I’ve realized is, all too often, the place where you grew up is perhaps the place which needs you the most. It’s a place where you can really contribute back.”
The opportunity to fuse his policy, law, and technology interests in the nation’s capital are what drew Ramaswami to Georgetown for law school. He said that he’s continued to learn the value of bridging different disciplines working with the Institute for Technology Law & Policy and the Beeck Center for Social Impact & Innovation, where he helped establish the Judicial Innovation Fellowship Program to improve access to justice by bringing better tech to court systems.
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