Maxwell Alejandro Frost

Maxwell Alejandro Frost made history in 2023 when he became the first member of Generation Z elected to Congress and the first Afro-Cuban to serve in Congress. Born on January 17, 1997, in Orlando, Florida, Frost was placed for adoption at birth by his biological mother—a Puerto Rican and Lebanese woman who was caught in cycles of poverty and violence while pregnant. Adopted by Patrick Frost, a Kansas-born musician-producer, and Maritza Argibay-Frost, a Cuban immigrant and special education teacher, Maxwell was raised in a household that valued music, education, and civic engagement. The Sandy Hook shooting in 2012, when Frost was just 15, became a defining moment that launched his activism. After the Parkland shooting in 2018, he became the National Organizing Director for March for Our Lives. To fund his congressional campaign, he famously worked as an Uber driver.

Born to a Puerto Rican and Lebanese mother and a Haitian father who placed him for adoption. Adopted at birth by Patrick Frost (a Kansas-born musician-producer) and Maritza Argibay-Frost (a special education teacher who immigrated from Cuba as a child during the Freedom Flights of the late 1960s). His adoptive grandmother, Zenaida Argibay (nicknamed "Yeya"), fled Cuba with nothing and worked over 70 hours a week in Miami factories to build a life for her family. Maxwell has a sister, Maria Elizabeth, who was also adopted. In June 2021, he reconnected with his birth mother for the first time—this conversation about her struggles inspired him to run for Congress.