Alec Ross is a Democratic candidate for governor. He is former senior official in the Obama administration at the U.S. Department of State, technology entrepreneur, and New York Times best-selling author. Ross moved to Baltimore 23 years ago to be a 6th grade teacher in Baltimore City Public Schools, and still lives in Baltimore city with his wife, Felicity, who is an educator in Baltimore City Public Schools, and their three children who all proudly attend city schools.