Rebecca Erwin is the Grants Administrator and Executive Assistant to the President at the New World Foundation. She is an activist, writer, and graduate of Fordham University with a BA in Medieval Studies. She currently volunteers with Lambda Literary, Jewish Voice for Peace, and The Operating System/Liminal Lab. While at Fordham she was co-president of Fordham Students United where she led a successful campaign to unionize the university’s adjunct faculty with the SEIU Faculty Forward Network. Prior to joining the New World Foundation she interned at PEN America in their public programs department where she organized events featuring prominent journalists, authors, and free expression advocates.