Representative Adrian Tam was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. He is a proud graduate of Kalani High School and received his bachelor's degree from Pennsylvania State University. After graduating, he returned to Hawaii and became a licensed real estate agent. In 2016, he worked as a temporary hire at the Hawaii State House of Representatives before moving to the Hawaii State Senate to work for Senator Stanley Chang from 2017- 2020. In 2020, he was elected to serve as Representative for District 22, Ala Moana - Waikiki.

Representative Tam serves as Vice-Chair for the Committee on Health, Human Services, and Homelessness, and as a member of the House Committee on Culture and the Arts and the Committee on Finance.