Asheesh has worked as a consultant and policy adviser at the World Bank, U.S. Department of the Treasury, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and National Archives and Records Administration. Born and raised in Southern California, he studied Arabic in Yemen and lived in Kabul where he co-founded an Afghan public health organization. Asheesh received his B.A. in Politics and Economics from the Gallatin School at New York University, M.P.H. from Columbia University, and J.D. from American University.