I am a racial justice policy advocate and capacity-builder based in New York City. I believe strongly that those closest to the problems must be leaders in generating solutions, and I'm committed to supporting directly impacted community members and organizers in their fight to achieve a world where everyone can thrive.

For 20 years, I've worked with grassroots groups and coalitions working to advance racial and economic justice, everywhere from South Dakota to the South Bronx. Currently, I'm the Associate Director of Training at Movement Law Lab, which brings the power of lawyers to social justice movements. Previously, I was a founding staff member at Liberation in a Generation, a national movement support organization focused on building an economy where all of us can thrive. I trained over 600 New Yorkers on legislative advocacy as part of the team at the Advocacy Institute; led work around public housing and fair housing at the Association for Neighborhood & Housing Development; and founded a new practice area at the Urban Justice Center Community Development Project (now TakeRoot Justice), which focuses on fostering equitable neighborhood change.

My work has been published in The Yale Law Journal, The New York Daily News, and City Limits and featured in City & State, Teen Vogue, Democracy Now and The New York Times, which called the post-Hurricane Sandy relief effort I led "better organized than the City." I am a first-generation American born and raised in the NYC area. I live in Brooklyn and am a graduate of Yale Law School and Wesleyan University.