Nathaniel Ross

About Nathaniel

Nathaniel Ross is a fourth-generation resident of Mesa, Arizona. He attended Arizona State University as a Flinn Scholar, quadruple majoring in biology, history, political science, and applied quantitative science. A junior inductee in Phi Beta Kappa, Nathaniel was awarded a Udall Scholarship and Critical Language Scholarship while at ASU. A dedicated disability advocate, Nathaniel’s work spans from local to international levels. He previously served at the United States Senate as a disability policy intern for the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions in the Office of Chair Patty Murray. Nathaniel has also completed legal fellowships with Los Abogados, Arizona’s Hispanic Bar Association, and the Coelho Center for Disability Law, Policy & Innovation. In 2022, he worked at the Human Rights Defender Office of Armenia in the disability rights division, consulting on technology accessibility.

Closer to home, he is an active member of state and local politics, with experience in political campaigns and lobbyist work in Arizona. He is the youngest person in city history to qualify for the city council ballot in Mesa. In his free time, he mentors children with disabilities through EOSFighter Connection, a global digital support platform he founded with his mother and sister. An avid researcher, Nathaniel has more than ten peer-reviewed academic publications on disability law through ASU’s Embryo Project Encyclopedia. Nathaniel’s interest in disability and technology policy brought him to his current role at the National Council on Disability, where he is leading research efforts on disability-related AI policy for the federal government. A Rhodes Scholar, Nathaniel is pursuing an MPhil in comparative social policy at the University of Oxford, where he is researching the causes and risk factors of poverty among people with disabilities.

In his free time, Nathaniel enjoys country-western and ballroom dancing, playing baseball, and making recreational spreadsheets.