Professional Highlights
United States Department of Health and Human Services
Among other responsibilities, as Special Assistant and then Acting Director of External Affairs, I had the honor of planning and executing public events for Secretary Xavier Becerra across the country.
Biden for President
On the campaign, I was able to develop strategic campaign outreach and engagement plans for the disability community, ultimately forming the “Team Biden Disability Coalition” and hosting many digital engagement events featuring high-profile surrogates such as Jonathan Van Ness, the Honorable Beto O’Rourke, and now-First Lady Dr. Jill Biden.
My work was featured in The New York Times, HuffPost and ABC News.
Warren for President
I proudly served as the political department’s interdepartmental liaison to develop and facilitate large-scale rollouts of policy and to secure high-profile endorsements, including: “Protecting the Rights and Equality of People with Disabilities” and Women’s Wave Anniversary Endorsements.
My work was featured by CNN, The Boston Globe, and in Eric Garcia’s book We’re Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation.
Presentations and Publications
With my undergraduate academic advisor Dr. Karen Frost-Arnold and Carly Petroski: "Silencing the Silencers: The Ethics of Feminist Trolling to Combat Online Hate Speech" Association for Feminist Ethics and Social Theory (FEAST), Clearwater Beach, October 2015.
In 2013, my reflection as a native Baystater on the tragic Boston Marathon bombing, We All Run Together, was published on Esquire.com.