Neeraj Mehta waa madaxweyne ku xigeenka afraad barnaamijyada taariikhda McKnight, si dhow ula shaqeynta madaxweynaha Foundation Tonya Allen iyo hoggaanka fulinta, guddiga, shaqaalaha, iyo la-hawlgalayaasheeda si ay si macno leh u horumariyaan oo ay hirgeliyaan isku-duubni, xeelado isbedel wax ku ool ah oo dhan shanta barnaamij ee Foundation.
Neeraj waxa uu ku biiray McKnight 2018 isaga oo ah agaasimihii ugu horeeyay ee waxbarashada, horumarinta hab isku xidhan oo loo siman yahay ee barashada istiraatijiyadeed iyo qiimaynta guud ahaan Aasaaska. Doorkan, wuxuu ku taageeray dadaalka barnaamijka McKnight si uu u isticmaalo barashada istiraatijiyadeed iyo ficil la qabsiga si loo xoojiyo saamaynta, si fiican loo fahmo isbeddelka adag iyo naqshadaynta, iyo horumarinta xeeladaha.
TIntii uu ku guda jiray xirfaddiisa, Neeraj waxa uu ahaa hoggaamiye si wada jir ah uga shaqaynaya sidii uu u dhisi lahaa bulshooyin sinnaan iyo awood leh oo ku nool Minnesota, waxaana khibraddiisa loogu baaqay in uu wargeliyo wada-hadallada heer qaran. Waxa uu xooga saaray dadaalkiisa isgoysyada abaabulka, horumarinta bulshada, farshaxanka, samafalka, iyo cadaalada cilmi baarista. McKnight ka hor, Neeraj waxa uu u shaqeeyay maamulaha barnaamijyada bulshada ee Xarunta Magaalada iyo Arimaha Gobolka iyo macalin kuxigeen ka ah Jaamacadda Minnesota, koorasyada waxbaridda ayaa diiradda saaraya qorsheynta magaalooyinka ee loo siman yahay iyo dib u soo noolaynta xaafadaha. Waxa kale oo uu ka soo shaqeeyay Nexus Community Partners, halkaas oo uu ka caawiyay ballaarinta raadadka ururka iyo saamaynta gobolka oo dhan. Waxaa lagu abaalmariyay Isbahaysiga Hoggaaminta Aasaaska Bush ee 2011, wuxuuna hadda qayb ka yahay 2023-24 Hogaamiyeyaasha Isbeddelka ee Fellowship-ka Deeqaha, barnaamijka hoggaanka qaranka ee Deeq-bixiyayaasha Ururrada Waxtarka leh. Neeraj hadda wuxuu ka shaqeeyaa guddiga TU Dance ee St. Paul.
Neeraj waxa uu shahaadada koowaad ee jaamacadda ee injineernimada madaniga ah ka qaatay Jaamacadda Minnesota iyo shahaadada mastarka ee siyaasadda guud ee Jaamacadda Minnesota Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs. Waxaa la siiyay Bush Foundation Leadership Fellowship sanadkii 2011. Neeraj wuxuu aad u jecel yahay inuu dhiso bulsho ka xoog badan, caafimaad qabta, iyo sinnaan meel kasta, laakiin gaar ahaan waqooyiga Minneapolis, halkaas oo uu kula nool yahay xaaskiisa iyo laba wiil.
