Maxwell Alejandro Frost

Background

Maxwell Alejandro Frost was born on January 17, 1997, in Orlando, Florida, and grew up in Central Florida. He was adopted at birth by Patrick Frost, a Kansas-born musician and producer, and Maritza Argibay-Frost, a special-education teacher who immigrated to the United States from Cuba as a child. His family background includes Puerto Rican, Lebanese, Haitian, and Cuban connections.

Music became an important part of Frost's youth. He learned percussion, became a band leader, and performed with Seguro Que Sí, a salsa band based at the Osceola County School for the Arts. The band performed at the parade for President Barack Obama's second inauguration, connecting Frost's early musical work with the public and political life that later shaped his career.

Education

Frost graduated from the Osceola County School for the Arts in Kissimmee, Florida, where he developed as a percussionist and band leader. The school is a public arts-focused institution serving students in Osceola County and combines secondary education with specialized training in visual and performing arts.

He attended Valencia College in Orlando without completing a documented degree. Valencia College is a large public state college serving Central Florida through multiple campuses and career-oriented academic programs. Frost's professional development instead proceeded through political campaigns, organizing, music production, and advocacy work before his election to Congress.

Career

Frost began political organizing as a fellow with Barack Obama's 2012 reelection campaign and later worked on Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign. He also served as deputy Florida director for MoveOn in 2016, a period when digital organizing and grassroots mobilization were becoming increasingly important to American political campaigns. His subsequent campaign work included special projects for Brian Cunningham's city-council campaign and field direction for Margaret Good's Florida House campaign in 2017.

In 2018, Frost worked with Floridians for a Fair Shake and the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida. His organizing for Amendment 4 supported restoration of voting rights to Floridians with prior felony convictions, while his ACLU work also involved abortion-rights advocacy. The ACLU is a national civil-liberties organization whose Florida affiliate litigates and organizes around constitutional rights, voting, criminal justice, and reproductive freedom.

Frost also worked in event and music production, including production dispatch for Coachella Music Festival LLC and Goldenvoice, the entertainment company associated with the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. From 2019 to 2020 he was a national advance manager for Bernie 2020, and from 2019 to 2021 he served as national organizing director of March for Our Lives. March for Our Lives emerged from student activism after the 2018 Parkland school shooting and became a prominent youth-led movement for gun-safety legislation and civic participation.

Before entering Congress, Frost drove for Uber Technologies in 2021 and 2022. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 10th Congressional District on November 8, 2022, taking office on January 3, 2023. The House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, and Frost's election made him the first member of Generation Z elected to Congress. He was reelected in 2024 and, in the 119th Congress, served on the Oversight and Government Reform and Transportation and Infrastructure Committees, while also holding a Democratic Policy and Communications Committee co-chairmanship.

Achievements

• Frost became the first member of Generation Z elected to the United States Congress when he won election to the House of Representatives from Florida's 10th Congressional District in 2022.

• As an organizer and member of Congress, Frost helped lead advocacy that contributed to the creation of the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention in 2023 and continued to support federal gun-violence-prevention policy after its creation.

• Frost secured more than one million dollars in federal funding for public-transit improvements and other community projects in Central Florida during his congressional service.

Works

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  • Office of Gun Violence Prevention Act

    (Legislation introduced by Representative Frost in the 119...)

    2025

Politics

Frost is a member of the Democratic Party and is identified with its progressive wing. His public positions emphasize gun-violence prevention, voting rights, abortion rights, climate action, affordable housing, transportation, LGBTQ+ rights, and economic policies directed toward working families.

His political career developed through youth organizing and campaigns before he entered Congress. As a Democrat in the House, he has combined advocacy for gun-safety legislation and social justice with a focus on constituent services, public transportation, housing affordability, environmental justice, and opposition to policies he regards as harmful to marginalized and working-class communities.

In the 119th Congress, Frost became a co-chair of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee and served as the ranking Democrat on the Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs. These positions placed him in both the party's communications leadership and its congressional oversight work.

Views

Frost's public philosophy centers on collective action, social equality, and the idea that political institutions should respond to the needs of working people and communities that have historically been excluded from power. His advocacy connects gun-violence prevention, voting rights, reproductive freedom, climate action, transportation, housing, and criminal-justice reform as related questions of public safety, dignity, and access.

He has also emphasized hope and organizing. His public remarks describe change as a sustained process requiring coalition-building and participation by young people, working families, and community organizations.

Personality

Frost has publicly presented himself as an energetic organizer who views political change as a continuing process rather than a single event. His public statements emphasize hope, collective action, and the belief that young people and grassroots movements can influence government policy.

Interests

• Music performance, youth organizing, community activism, and gun-violence prevention.

• Music & Bands

  Frost is a percussionist and performed with Seguro Que Sí, a salsa band associated with the Osceola County School for the Arts.

Connections

Frost was adopted by Patrick Frost and Maritza Argibay-Frost. Patrick Frost is a musician and producer, while Maritza Argibay-Frost is a special-education teacher who came to the United States from Cuba as a child.

Frost has a sister, María Elizabeth. In 2021, he reconnected with his birth mother, whose decision to place him for adoption was part of the family history he later discussed publicly.

Father:

Patrick Frost

Musician and producer who adopted Maxwell Frost at birth.

Mother:

Maritza Argibay-Frost

Special-education teacher who immigrated to the United States from Cuba as a child and adopted Maxwell Frost at birth.

Sister:

María Elizabeth

Frost's younger sister.

References

• United States House of Representatives, History, Art & Archives: Maxwell Frost Official congressional biography documenting Frost's birth, education, party affiliation, elections, congressional service, and committee assignments.
• Office of Congressman Maxwell Frost: About Official biography describing Frost's adoption, family background, musical development, political organizing, advocacy, election to Congress, and legislative priorities.
• Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives: Maxwell Frost Official House record documenting Frost's Florida district, Democratic affiliation, congressional service, office address, and committee assignments.