Where do you work?
I work both with Women Unite! and as an independent grant writer and fundraising strategist to resource nonprofits whose missions and values center human rights, gender justice and equity, and safety.

I am also an organizer and advocate on adoption as a reproductive justice issue. My work sheds light on the histories and root causes of family separation in an effort to restore justice to first parents and adoptees, and to bring a reproductive justice lens to mainstream adoption narratives.

How long have you been involved with Women Unite!?
I joined Women Unite! in February 2025 and work as a Grants and Development Contractor to support nonprofits on anything from building grants infrastructure to writing grant proposals and reports.

What do you like most about WU!?
I appreciate how WU! uplifts grassroots nonprofits by equipping them with the fundraising and communications support they can use to sustain and grow their mission-based work. I also love the Partners program that makes it possible for community-based organizations to receive our values-aligned pro-bono consulting services.

What’s an issue you care deeply about? Why?
I care deeply about reproductive justice—both what operationalizes the choices to parent and not to parent and whose “reproductive destinies” (McKee, 2019) are privileged at whose expense. I am also dedicated to prison abolition for survivors of domestic and sexual violence. I give my flowers to Survived & Punished for their fierce organizing and care-based mutual aid with incarcerated survivors.

What’s a hobby you have?
I enjoy snail mail and sending cute cards to my long-distance friends, taking walks and gentle hikes, and practicing pilates at home.

What gives you hope?
My created family, the survivors of gender-based violence whose healing and ability to continue to love and trust that I have had the honor of witnessing or supporting, and reading fiction (As writer Walidah Imarisha says, “The goal of visionary fiction is to change the world”) among many more sources!

What are 2–3 ways you’ve been getting through the fall of late-stage capitalism?
Recently, I have started to read more from and donate to movement journalism sources like Prism Reports, Waging Nonviolence, and Media Against Apartheid and Displacement to educate myself with reporting and analysis that is independent, rigorous, and principled.

I also remind myself that our ancestors fought for liberation in a future they knew they may not live to see or experience themselves, and I want to be a part of building a more caring, safe, and kind world for the young people in my life and beyond.

Fun/random fact you want to share?
My husband is a co-owner of an independent bookshop in Brooklyn: Troubled Sleep. I enjoy working a few Saturday shifts at the counter where I learn about people’s beloved, favorite books, meet lots of neighborhood dogs, and half-heartedly manage their Instagram. This is a crew of paper-loving luddites; you won’t find a computer in sight at the shop.

What’s one of your favorite local businesses?
I’m from New York. I haven’t been to Chicago (yet!). While we now live in Brooklyn, my husband and I lived above a storied dive bar in Manhattan Chinatown for 7 years so: Spicy Village in Manhattan Chinatown is my all-time favorite noodle spot. We have a painting of the storefront in our kitchen. I also love East Village Postal for pens and fun stationery, and Edith the Machinist for the best vintage clothes.