Aashi Jhawer has a diverse range of work experience, starting with their role as a Campaign Intern for Shrina Kurani for Congress in 2022. Aashi later became the Director of Mobilization (California) for Voters of Tomorrow and then the California Co-State Lead for the same organization. Aashi also worked as a Clinical Operations Intern at SLPTELE and as a Math & Reading Instructor at Kumon North America, Inc. Aashi has demonstrated a passion for healthcare and policy through roles such as the Health Policy Education Intern at UAEM and the Outreach Associate at Advocating Intersectional Medicine. Aashi is also involved in nonprofit organizations, serving as the Co-President and Co-Founder of MEDITalks & Thoughts and as the Director of Partnerships for GENup. Currently, they are working as a Junior Health Consultant for Consult Your Community at UCLA and as a Business Development/Inside Sales Representative for Alert Communications - Legal Call, Intake and Retainer Services for Law Firms.
Aashi Jhawer completed their Bachelor's degree in Human Biology & Society and Business-Economics from UCLA from 2023-2027. Prior to their university education, they attended Calabasas High School from 2019-2023. Additionally, they obtained multiple certifications in the field of Epidemiology in Public Health Practice from Coursera in 2022.
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GENup
GENup is California’s largest youth-led education policy organization, engaging over 4,000+ student leaders from across the state that come from 85 K-12 public school districts as well as University of California and California State University institutions. GENup’s successes include working with the State Board of Education to create the State Seal for Civic Engagement, championing the historic ethnic studies bill (AB101) through the legislature & into law, fighting for equitable education funding during COVID, advocating for statewide mental health reform through legislation, successfully authoring/advocating/passing a bill into law on student board member rights (AB 824), campaigning for the U.S Department of Education’s first youth-advisory council, and passing (Los Angeles Unified, San Diego Unified, and Fresno Unified) first student bill of rights, collectively representing over 1.2 million students. In all, 47 education bills GENup sponsored, authored, or wrote have been signed into law by Governor Newsom, including legislation requiring a mental health curriculum in all high school health education courses. GENup has become an influential youth-voice representing California’s students in the most pressing conversations on education policy, and our more than 100+ local chapters are one of the most effective platforms for grassroots student-led activism in our state. From top to bottom, GENup is for youth and by youth!
