Welcome to Brazen Careerist!

About Me

Proud Washingtonian with a dedication to progressive organizing, focusing on LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer) issues and reproductive justice. I was brought into the LGBTQ movement starting off as a brief intern with the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation in high school, but dropped out due to my mom's concerns of me being too "activisty" haha.

In college I interned for the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce and NARAL Pro-Choice America. I have volunteered or currently volunteer for the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force, Human Rights Campaign, Planned Parenthood and many others.

I co-founded my school's pro-choice group, American University Students for Choice, growing it to be one of the largest organizations on campus.

I currently sit on the Board of Directors of Out For Work, which provides assistance to LGBT and allied students in the cultivation and enhancement of skills to explore career options, master job search techniques and strategies, and research employment opportunities.

I like training for marathons, attending cultural events, and reading books for my book clubs in my spare time.

I'm also developing into quite the soccer hooligan (or football as the rest of the world would say!)

Work History

• NARAL Pro-Choice America
• Intern, Affiliate and National Programs Department
• January 2010 to August 2010

• Assist in coordinating volunteer program, including recruitment, training, and managing volunteer nights;

  Organize outreach programs to recruit volunteers and Choice Action Network (CAN) members;

  Mail materials needed to activists across the country;

  Maintain and update activist data;

  Assist in tracking affiliate support;

  Help manage materials inventory;

  Work with the department to organize and execute trainings and programs designed to build organizational capacity at the national level, throughout our affiliate network and in communities around the country;

  and Other duties as assigned.

Education

• American University
• B.A., International Relations, International Business
• 2006 - 2010

• Some focus on Latin America