Personal Life
He served as president of the Cleveland County Young Democrats during his last two years of high school and campaigned for the late Sen. Paul Simon (D-Ill.) during his first year of college.
He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Iowa's Grinnell College with majors in English and economics and a minor in religious studies. Before joining People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) in 1996, he spent six years working in a shelter for homeless families and a soup kitchen in Washington, D.C.
He is vegan and lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife, Dr. Alka Chandna. For two years, Friedrich was a teacher at the Baltimore Freedom Academy.
Friedrich had a dispute with the Baltimore City Police Department when he was ordered to leave the Inner Harbor after handing out leaflets promoting vegetarianism.
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