Lia Parada is the Hub’s Chief Advocacy Officer. With more than 15 years of experience, she is a policy and advocacy strategist with deep ties to Congress and has led national advocacy campaigns engaged in critical policy fights. Lia leads the Hub’s advocacy campaigns for major policy reforms.Previously she was the Director of Government Relations at the Center for American Progress where she focused on criminal justice reform, immigration reform, women’s economic security and rights and judicial nominations. Prior to CAP, Lia was the Legislative Manager for Planned Parenthood Federation of America where she focused on access to reproductive rights for underrepresented communities. Formerly, she was the deputy campaign manager for legislation and policy for the national coalition for immigration reform, the Alliance for Citizenship. Lia was also the legislative aide to former Rep. Xavier Becerra where she oversaw bipartisan immigration reform negotiations and worked on the passage of the Dream Act in the House of Representatives in 2010. Lia is the proud daughter of Salvadoran immigrants and a graduate of George Mason University.