Harris for President // Digital Partnerships
During the summer of 2024, I joined the Harris for President campaign as their Deputy Director of Digital Partnerships, overseeing the campaign’s groundbreaking battleground creator program that engaged thousands of influencers and creators across the seven battleground states.
The Hub Project // Digital Strategy
I joined The Hub Project in 2017, a year after the organization was founded. For the next seven years, I focused on adapting the left’s communications approach to the changing media landscape.
We grew from a small startup to somewhat of a national institution, making significant impact on a number of issues, from helping defend health care, to fighting against the GOP's tax cuts for the rich, to helping win back the House, to pushing for DC Statehood, to countering far-right extremism.
In 2024, I reached a career milestone at The Hub Project when we hosted Trending Up, a first-of-its-kind conference of social media creators who were curious about advocacy, but had rarely or never formally engaged in our political process before. Many of those creators went on to be credentialed as media for the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, IL.
Biden Inaugural Committee // Digital Partnerships
In 2021, I took time off from my job at The Hub Project to serve as a Digital Partnerships Fellow for the Biden Inaugural Committee. The inauguration took place virtually, given the health risks posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Our charge was to get as many social media creators involved as possible to spread word about the event. We ultimately activated over 350 creators and achieved a reach of 130M+.
Hillary for America // Digital Organizing
In 2016, I led Hillary Clinton’s youth digital outreach program in Ohio. Through crafting compelling content and recruiting hundreds of thousands of Ohioans to join our email, SMS, and social media lists, we built the most comprehensive digital organizing program in the country.
Wired covered our early voting launch, citing that, “It’s hard to ignore the surprising enthusiasm gap between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump in the hashtag #OHVotesEarly, which started trending on Twitter this morning as early voting kicked off in Ohio.”
Center for American Progress // Advocacy & Policy
At the Center for American Progress’ youth engagement arm, Generation Progress, I managed our program on gun violence prevention (GVP) and criminal justice reform (CJR). I planned national advocacy conferences, managed relationships with high level nonprofit and government leaders, guided digital strategy, and produced policy research.
During my tenure, I helped lead an effort to encourage GVP organizations to look at gun violence and criminal justice through a holistic lens. To this end, I began by co-publishing a report on Millennial recommendations on criminal justice reform. Then, we expanded our network of young GVP activists to encompass CJR activists and causes, growing the total membership from just under 400 members to over 3,000. National policy leaders began taking note. POLITICO covered our work: “Advocates should call for guns to be kept ‘out of the hands of people convicted of violent or gun-related crimes,’ recommends a guide distributed to various gun control groups by CAP’s Generation Progress for Gun Violence Prevention.”
The Obama White House // Advance & Public Engagement
From late 2014 through early 2015, I advanced President Obama and Vice President Biden’s travel to two national events. The first, the Tribal Nations Conference, convened all federally recognized tribes. Mic, among many national outlets, covered the event: “President Barack Obama unveiled a new initiative Wednesday aimed at expanding social and economic opportunities for Native American youth, many of whom live in poverty.” The second event, a manufacturing tour in Tennessee, was covered by USA Today.
Prior to serving on the advance team, I was an intern in President Obama’s Office of Public Engagement and Intergovernmental Affairs. Among various projects, I helped coordinate public engagement surrounding the President’s historic visit to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Nation in Cannonball, North Dakota.
California Public Higher Education Caucus // Co-Founder
Recognizing the University of California’s lack of representation in Washington, I co-founded the California Public Higher Education Caucus (CPHEC) in 2014. As a UC Berkeley graduate, the accessibility and affordability of higher education is deeply important to me. This bipartisan caucus is dedicated to promoting the public character and integrity of the California public university systems.
The caucus was initially co-chaired by U.S. Representatives Ami Bera (D-CA) and Jeff Denham (R-CA). Over 30 Members of Congress hold membership within the caucus.