About Me
My family has always been involved in our community and I am no different. Growing up my parents took me with them to their voting booth each election, to every P.T.A. meeting, to the school book fair that they ran for a decade, and to Boy Scout meetings each week. We were always on the move. Experiences like this led my family to get involved in a close friend's state legislature race when I was five and is part of what led me to get involved in politics and nonprofits. We knew that communities are stronger when people work together, even if something needs a bit of help to get started.
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These lessons sunk in. When I found out we didn't have a College Democrats chapter on my campus I helped start one and was involved in other progressive political groups. We made thousands of voter contact attempts and got a lot of students engaged. When other chapters felt that we weren't getting the support we needed, we started a state federation and worked with the College Democrats of America to get trainings and resources to our members. When I realized that more than a fifth of eligible students at my university weren't registered to vote, I worked with campus organizations, student leaders, and administration to start a nonpartisan voter registration and engagement initiative. These experiences and more taught me that when you work together, build a good plan, and put your nose to the grindstone you can get results.
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In addition to being my experience in planning and collaboration, I gained an interdisciplinary perspective with my two degrees in political science and sociology as well as my minors in communications, human rights, and nonprofit management. I apply multiple lenses to my work and strive to incorporate a framework based in antiracism, intersectionality, and social justice into my efforts. Having the opportunity to work in education, nonprofits, and politics gives me a diverse outlook that prioritizes human experience and well-being.
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To get to this point I had to learn a lot. I do my best to learn wherever I can and to seek out the resources I need to educate myself. I'm an avid reader and learner, and in my free time you can often find me working through the stack of unread books on my nightstand. I can often be found walking or biking through Omaha's trails, or enjoying Nebraska or Wyoming's parklands.