I am the Legislative and Policy Director for the ACLU of Missouri and the Chief Innovation Officer for FastDemocracy, a legislative analytics and bill tracking startup. In my role at the ACLU, I am responsible for all under the dome strategy, electoral initiatives, organizing, and affiliate communications. I track upwards of 650 pieces of legislation every session and present testimony 100+ times per session. I have partnered with Americans for Prosperity and United for Missouri as well as the NAACP and the Movement for Black Lives to knit together a team capable of flipping votes across the political spectrum. At FastDemocracy, I facilitate product development, research emerging markets, pitch our company to investors and accelerators and analyze legislative needs. From day one to year three, my work has helped create a product with a “lobby brain,” designed to meet the needs of nonprofits and activists in 50 states. I returned to my home state after serving as Special Projects Manager and Stephen M. Rivers Memorial Fellow at the Center for Democracy in the Americas in Washington D.C. At the Center for Democracy in the Americas, I provided research on the role of women in Cuba’s evolving economy and worked directly with high-level congressional delegations to the island. My thesis, “Alternative Futures for the Civil Military Relationship in a Post-Castro Cuba,” was published on the Director of National Intelligence’s Virtual Americas Network. I have a MA in International Affairs and a B.A. in International and Area Studies and Spanish from Washington University in St. Louis.