#PolicyProfile: “I’ve always had many different interests, but civil rights and economic justice are my core passions. I hope to build systems that treat every person with dignity, including closing the racial wealth gap, ensuring gender equality, and protecting LGBTQIA+ rights. I feel a personal connection to these issues, and I view them as fundamental problems we must address to realize the promise of the American Dream and opportunity for all people. In college, I tried to learn from every corner of the public sector, including through 13 internships about reproductive freedom, environmental justice, voting rights, and federal policymaking on the Hill. I interned with the aclumo to change Missouri’s HIV criminalization law, worked on gender equity and anti-discrimination protections at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and The National Women’s Law Center, and assisted individuals seeking visas and refugee status to enter the U.S. After graduation, I worked in local g...