While at Cal, he was a tutor for the Berkeley Teach in Prison program at San Quentin State Prison, a grievance caseworker at the Student Advocate's Office in the Associated Students of the University of California, a research assistant at the Berkeley School of Law, and a community organizer. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Adam enjoys exalting the merits of public transit (in attempts to convince more Angelenos to go Metro), backpacking, bike riding, bluegrass music, and birding.