Who is Shrina Kurani? The Indian-American Engineer Running For Congress

Who is Shrina Kurani? Recently, Shrina Kurani, an Indian-American engineer and entrepreneur has decided to contest against a Republican representative in his constituency in her attempt to become a member of the House of Representatives and work for the welfare of the masses. Reportedly, Kurani will be fighting against incumbent Ken Calvert on a Democratic ticket in the mid-term elections to be held in November 2022.

Shrina shared that she decided on entering into politics after she realised that the Republican politician Ken Calvert is not a problem solver and it was time for substantial steps, bold actions and a new approach to development on the part of the people's representative. The 28-year-old young leader doesn't call herself a politician; instead identifies as a "fact-based problem solver".

While announcing her candidature on July 22, Kurani took Twitter and wrote, "I'm running for Congress in CA-42! It's time for fact-based solutions and bold action. So, together, let's build an Inland Empire where people feel safe, heard, healthy, and have opportunities to succeed. DONATE NOW to help me flip CA-42 blue!"

Check out the tweet here.

I'm running for Congress in CA-42! It's time for fact-based solutions and bold action. So, together, let's build an Inland Empire where people feel safe, heard, healthy, and have opportunities to succeed. DONATE NOW to help me flip CA-42 blue! >> https://t.co/VVtvzDtdby

— Shrina Kurani for Congress (@shrinakurani) July 22, 2021

In a public statement, Kurani expressed her concerns that as a first-generation American, her family worked together to build a successful pool supply business in Riverside and her parents didn’t take a single day off for straight 10 years, but even that level of hustle is often not enough these days because entitled persons sitting in the positions of power don't discharge their duty with honesty and integrity and  don't do enough to ensure that people get what they deserve.

Slamming her Republican opponent, she said that opportunities are out of reach for far too many people while career Washington politicians like Ken Calvert are focused on helping themselves, their political parties and their corporate donors.

Kurani's election manifesto is mainly based on making things work better in Washington and building an Inland Empire where people feel free, safe, healthy and have equal opportunities to succeed in fulfilling jobs.

Who is Shrina Kurani? 6 things to know

1. Born to Indian immigrant parents and raised in Riverside, California, Shrina Kurani completed her high school at La Sierra High School at the age of 16 and then went on to pursue a bachelors degree in mechanical engineering from the University of California.
2. Before venturing into politics, Kurani was a business adviser.
3. Having vast experience in building businesses, she has worked extensively in helping establish start-up businesses, both small and large.
4. Kurani specialises in developing ways to make education and healthcare more accessible, affordable, effective and equitable for everyone.
5. Lately, she has been working on a company aims to increase opportunities for the funding of start-up businesses founded by women and people of colour by focusing on addressing the disparities and the differential treatment that the marginalised face on account of the foreign banks.
6. If Kurani wins, she would be the fifth Indian American to be joining the House of Representatives after four other Indian American colleagues — Raja Krishnamoorthi, Dr Ami Bera, Pramila Jayapal and Ro Khanna.