Uma krishnan biography

A young Democratic Party organizer in the Bay Area said she found inspiration from her family history and is now trying to get teenagers involved in the political process.

Uma Krishnan has been involved in politics for several years, first working on the presidential campaigns for Hillary Clinton in 2016, then Joe Biden, and now Kamala Harris.

As a member of the Young Democrats of America, she co-founded the San Mateo Asian American Pacific Islander Alliance, serves on the Young Peninsula Democrats, and has taken a lead role for the South Asians for Harris.

"I realized I have a voice.

I am intelligent and thought I need to use it," said Krishnan.

Her passion for politics is generational, stretching back to her native India in the early 1940s.

"My grandfather grew up under British Imperialism and he got involved with Gandhi's freedom-fighting movement," she said.

"When he was 15 years old, he was arrested for freedom fighting."

Her grandfather, who passed away when she was 7