Megan E. Rivera is a fellow for policy and advocacy at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. Prior to joining Equitable Growth, she was a senior policy analyst at the Georgetown Center on Poverty and Inequality, where she led policy development and research projects on health and human services and postsecondary education. Rivera previously served as the policy and outreach advisor on the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on Economic Disparity and Fairness in Growth, where she analyzed and organized national field hearings on workforce development, access to financial services, small business, housing, infrastructure, taxes, macroeconomic stabilization, and human services delivery. She also co-authored the Committee’s final findings and recommendation report, “Bridging the Divide: Building an Economy that Works for All” and served as an associate producer on the Committee’s documentary, “Grit & Grace: The Fight for the American Dream.” Previously, she served in research, policy, and advocacy roles for the University of Virginia’s Department of Politics, Global Policy Center, and Equity Center, and the Texas House of Representatives. Rivera holds a B.S. in political science with honors from the University of Houston and a master of public policy from the Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy at the University of Virginia.