Nicolas Carjuzaa is a first generation French-American citizen born and raised in California. Nicolas grew up with stories of his teenage French grandfather resisting his Nazi occupiers, and his father helping Jewish refugees escape across the Pyrenees. These stories drove him to study from California to France and the U.K. to learn about the complex world we live in and the political movements working to bring it all down. He felt the purpose of his career in public service at FINRA shatter as I watched the Trump administration pardon criminals and tear our financial system apart for their corruption and greed. Nicolas is running for Congress because our leaders aren’t leading; they’re complacent, complicit, and waiting for the pendulum to swing back to them. The lessons in his family history taught Nicolas that nothing will change without fighting and sacrifice, and he is committed to terminating this administration and rebuilding our democracy.