Meet Our People
Adrienne Anderson is the Senior Grants Manager at If/When/How. Prior to joining If/When/How, Adrienne was the Development Director for the Oxford American, a literary arts nonprofit. She cut her fundraising teeth in the reproductive health and advocacy field at Ipas, NARAL Pro-Choice North Carolina, and Personal PAC. Using her enthusiasm for justice-oriented efforts and excellent storytelling, she works to shine lights on movements and to motivate others to action.
Adrienne holds a BA in Political Science from UNC-Chapel Hill and an MFA in Creative Writing.
Cammie Dodson, J.D., is the Professional Development Manager at If/When/How, where she trains and mentors law students and lawyers navigating careers in reproductive health, rights, and justice. Cammie manages the Reproductive Justice Fellowship Program (RJFP), helping to launch the careers of the next generation of reproductive justice advocates. Cammie is a proud alum of the RJFP, herself; she served as an RJ-HIV Fellow at Positive Women’s Network – USA, where she supported people living with HIV in policy advocacy focused on ending HIV criminalization. During law school, Cammie organized with people in women’s prisons, worked to combat the criminalization of pregnant people, and clerked at civil rights, youth justice, and reentry organizations. Cammie is passionate about supporting new and aspiring lawyers in reaching their professional goals, especially those who don’t see themselves represented in legal spaces. She aims to provide students and fellows with the skills and support they need to confidently navigate, thrive in, and bring their most authentic selves to this work.
Cammie holds a B.A. in International Studies with a focus in Health and Human Rights from the University of Washington and a J.D. from UC Berkeley School of Law.
Cat Xia is the IT Manager at If/When/How, supporting the technical initiatives and operations of the organization.
Prior to joining If/When/How, Cat learned from the best at Cross the Divide to provide IT Help Desk support to several nonprofit organizations across the globe. Cat enjoys creating art and comics in their spare time.
Catherine Guichardo (she/her) is If/When/How’s Helpline Counsel. In her role Catherine supports the Repro Legal Helpline by helping people understand the laws around various reproductive experiences, including self-managed abortion, youth access and birth justice.
Prior to joining If/When/How, Catherine was a staff attorney in the Housing Unit at Bronx Legal Services, where she provided legal assistance to tenants facing eviction in housing court. Catherine began her career as a family defense attorney at Brooklyn Defender Services where she represented parents facing allegations of abuse or neglect and helped reunite them with their families, free of state intervention.
Catherine received her J.D. from Penn State Law and is licensed to practice in New York.
Denise Tomasini-Joshi, Co-Executive Director, is an advocate whose work has touched upon issues of mental health, health and drug policy, criminal legal reform, women’s rights, and groups marginalized by inhumane government policies. A fluent Spanish speaker she helped set up the first pre-trial release program in Latin America and has written about issues of involuntary commitment. Denise holds a J.D. from Columbia Law School, and a Master’s in International Affairs from Columbia University. She’s Co-Chair of the Board of the first and only women-focused philanthropic foundation in Puerto Rico where she works on feminist approaches to climate resilience, and preventing gender-based violence, among other issues.
DeShonna Johnson-Garay (they/them) is the Senior Digital Coordinator at If/When/How where they curate intentional, digital spaces of integrity, awareness, and community across If/When/How’s social media platforms.
DeShonna earned their Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and their Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from the University of Georgia where they also earned their Master in Public Administration (with a specialization in Public Policy).
In organizing and outside of it, DeShonna is a creative first. They are dedicated to providing spaces for people to be their full, Free selves—mind, body, and spirit—through their writing, art, and herbal offerings. Their work—in whatever form— is influenced by their Ancestors and their lived experiences as a Black, Fat, Queer, Non-Binary Trans femme from DA SOUF. They live by their motto: “Never perfect. Always genuine.”
Desireé Martin (she/her) is the Public Education Communications Manager at If/When/How, where she ensures the strategic alignment of our campaign work and learning spaces.
She is a Texas-raised storyteller and creative project manager who has shaped narratives toward liberation for over a decade. Rooted in Black feminism, she is committed to accessibly building people power within the movement for reproductive justice.
Desireé holds a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of Houston. She loves learning offline and outside, groovy mixsets, and being Southern.
Elizabeth Ling, J.D., M.S.W. is the Senior Helpline Counsel at If/When/How, where she manages the Repro Legal Helpline, helping people understand their legal rights and risks around abortion, pregnancy, and birth. Prior to joining If/When/How, Elizabeth worked as a family defense attorney advocating for parents and families being torn apart by the family policing system. She also provided research-driven technical assistance to improve access to and quality of indigent legal services throughout the country.
Elizabeth Rivera, MBA, J.M., is If/When/How’s Chief People and Operations Director and helps support If/When/How’s operational and human resources strategy by building the organization’s infrastructure in the areas of Human Resources, Operations & Administration. Elizabeth has more than 23 years of operational experience and after spending much of her career managing the intricacies of global supply chain management, and most recently graduating from Florida State University, College of Law, focusing on Employment Law & HR Risk Management, she continues to apply her passion for human resources management and operational/administrative know-how within the reproductive health and justice field by providing inclusive, diverse, and equitable practices and policies that directly lead to the organization’s evolving culture and human capital strategies. She believes that employees are the most important asset that help move the initiatives, mission, and vision of any organization forward and their inputs are invaluable.
Farah Diaz-Tello, J.D., is Senior Counsel and Legal Director for If/When/How, where she helps develop and execute litigation strategy, contributes legal analysis and drafting expertise to assist state and grassroots partners in reaching their policy goals, and provides legal information and training to reproductive rights, health, and justice activists. She is a frequent speaker and guest lecturer in activist and academic forums, and is sought by media for her insights. Farah continues and expands the work she began in 2016 at the SIA Legal Team, which joined forces with If/When/How in 2019. Prior to the SIA Legal Team, Farah worked at National Advocates for Pregnant Women, where she established and helmed programs in human rights and birth justice. Her publications for scholarly and popular press address criminalization of pregnancy outcomes, economic coercion in childbirth, obstetric violence, and reproductive issues in pop culture.
Farah is a graduate of the CUNY Law School, where she was a Haywood Burns Fellow in Civil and Human Rights, and in 2017 was selected by the Rockwood Leadership Institute for the Reproductive Rights, Health, and Justice fellowship.
Jen Girdish is If/When/How’s Communications Director. She leads communications and branding strategy to further If/When/How’s vision.
Prior to working with If/When/How, Jen has spent a decade in the reproductive, health, rights, and justice movement. She has held Communications Director positions at ConwayStrategic, Physicians for Reproductive Health, and Catholics for Choice. Jen also has worked in domestic violence advocacy and early learning education.
Jen earned her MFA in Creative Writing at Lesley University, and Bachelor of Arts in Writing and Film Studies at the University of Pittsburgh.
Jessica Goldberg, J.D., is the Senior Youth Access Counsel at If/When/How, working to eliminate barriers to young people’s access to confidential reproductive health care, free from state intervention and state violence. Jessica oversees the development of public education resources, the dissemination of legal information, and works with state advocates and national partners across the country to shift culture, build capacity, and advance the support of young people accessing reproductive healthcare care.
Jon Wong, If/When/How’s Senior Training and Events Coordinator, supports If/When/How’s work to organize and train law students, legal professionals, and community members on reproductive justice and the law.
After graduating the University of California, Irvine with a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science, Jon has done community, political, and electoral organizing work with a number of organizations across the country, including Forward Together, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, and Congressmember Scott Peters.
When he’s not working, Jon loves to try new Asian restaurants and hike in National Parks.
Julia Warren (she/her) is the Individual Giving Manager at If/When/How. She loves being able to engage supporters and involve them in the mission of the organization. Julia has focused her career and activism around empowerment and destigmatizing sexual health. She has held a number of roles, both paid and volunteer, for organizations working on intimate partner and sexual violence, education, and reproductive health, rights, and justice.
Julia holds a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology from Illinois Wesleyan University and attended the Applied Anthropology Master’s program at University of Memphis.
When she wants to disconnect and recharge, Julia loves to get out and hike with her partner. She’s always looking forward to the next adventure!
Kelley Fox is the Senior Development Coordinator at If/When/How. Kelley started their career working in fundraising management for Equality Ohio, an LGBTQ advocacy organization in Ohio. There, Kelley found a passion for organization and data management which they bring to their work at If/When/How.
Kelley graduated from the Methodist Theological School in Ohio with a Masters in Practical Theology & Social Justice in 2021. In their studies, they developed a passion for education, community care, and healing from personal and collective trauma. They cut their teeth in the reproductive justice movement with the Faith Choice Ohio where they are a Faith Organizer.
When not working for reproductive justice, Kelley can usually be found watching anime with their cats Florence and Moses and their husband Jordan.
Kim Nguyen (any pronouns) is If/When/How’s Grants Manager. Previously, they worked over seven years in the philanthropy sector, with special interests in countering systems of criminalization and how to resource community agency and well-being. Prior to that, Kim held various roles in local and national nonprofit organizations. This included working at the clinic where she had an abortion and then working to support Abortion Funds. Kim is moved by community organizing rooted in relationships, political education, prison industrial complex abolition, the Black Radical Tradition, and immigrant justice.
Kim identifies as a lifelong learner, queer, Việt, Asian American, student of public schools, and public library enthusiast. Enjoyments include sharing meals and walks with loved ones and doing good things together.
Kylee Sunderlin is the Legal Services Director at If/When/How, where she oversees the provision of legal services through the Repro Legal Helpline, as well as the enhancement of technical assistance and public education to allied organizations and health care providers.
Prior to joining If/When/How, Kylee was a family defense attorney at Brooklyn Defender Services where she represented parents facing allegations of abuse or neglect and experiencing inhumane family separation. She was also a Soros Justice Fellow at National Advocates for Pregnant Women with a project that combined litigation, public education, and advocacy to challenge interventions by the family regulation system in response to medication-assisted treatment.
Kylee is a proud Michigander and double wolverine, receiving both her BA and JD from the University of Michigan.
Laylaa A. is the Network and Legal Services Counsel at If/When/How, where she is building a network of attorneys, advocates, and law students who can support individuals in accessing their reproductive rights.
Prior to joining If/When/How, Laylaa was a Staff Attorney for the New York State Homeowner Assistance Fund at the Center for NYC Neighborhoods, where she processed appeals from homeowners in need of mortgage assistance. Laylaa began her legal career as a legal aid attorney at Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles, where she represented clients receiving public assistance.
Laylaa is from southern California, and received her J.D. from UCLA Law, where she specialized in the Critical Race Studies Program. She is licensed to practice in New York.
Laura Huss, MPhil, is a Senior Researcher at If/When/How, where she conducts research to further document and understand the criminalization of abortion and pregnancy loss. Laura has focused her career at the intersection of criminalization, reproductive rights and justice, and public health. After finishing her graduate studies at the University of Cape Town, Laura became a researcher at the Gender, Health and Justice Research Unit, an interdisciplinary unit that conducts innovative research to support legal and policy reform in South Africa. There she worked on projects relating to the incarceration of women, gender-based violence, sexual assault, and HIV. Back in the United States, Laura joined National Advocates for Pregnant Women where she advocated against punitive attacks on pregnant people; conducted research on media misinformation, stigma, and the criminalization of pregnancy and drug use; and documented arrests of pregnant people for drug use, pregnancy loss, and abortion. Laura then joined Rewire News where she managed and provided research for various teams and projects, including as research director for the outlet’s investigative podcast miniseries ‘The Breach,’ which investigated the criminalization of drug and alcohol use during pregnancy.
Laura holds a BA in philosophy from Kenyon College and an MPhil in development studies in the field of sociology from the University of Cape Town. When not doing research, you can usually find her in nature or being enthusiastic about flour, bread, and the regional grain economy.
Lauren Paulk, J.D., is Senior Research Counsel at If/When/How, where she focuses on in-depth legal research in support of If/When/How’s litigation and policy team and state and grassroots advocates. Prior to joining If/When/How, Lauren led state policy work related to reproductive health, rights and justice as Policy Counsel at the National Partnership for Women & Families; tracked and analyzed state bills on reproductive rights and health as a Senior State Legislative Fellow with the Center for Reproductive Rights; worked at the intersection of reproductive justice and LGBTQ liberation as an If/When/How Reproductive Justice Fellow at the National Center for Lesbian Rights; and supported young people in forming healthy relationships as a AmeriCorps Teen Advocate with Home Free.
Lauren has authored and co-authored legal scholarship on constitutional standards for reproductive rights, international human rights law as it relates to assisted reproductive technology, and state harms at the intersection of immigration and abortion for young people in Texas.
Limayli Huguet, Esq., is Helpline Counsel for If/When/How, where she supports the Repro Legal Helpline by working to help people navigate and understand the laws around abortion and a variety of reproductive experiences.
Prior to joining If/When/How, Limayli was an If/When/How Reproductive Justice Federal Fellow placed at All* Above All focused on ending the Hyde Amendment and working toward securing abortion access for all regardless of income. After her fellowship, Limayli remained on at All* Above All to help build out their medication abortion and immigrant justice campaigns.
Originally from San Diego, California, Limayli earned her J.D. from the American University Washington College of Law and is licensed to practice in the District of Columbia. She is the proud daughter of working-class immigrants, with a mother from Mexico and father from Peru. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her cat, Mateo and watching history videos on youtube.
As Co-Executive Director, Mariko provides vision and leadership to If/When/How. Over the last 15 years, Mariko has held many roles at the organization through its various iterations: Mariko launched the Reproductive Justice Fellowship Program and directed it for a decade; she oversaw all programs and operations, while also serving as General Counsel; and she established the Repro Legal Defense Fund and led the recent strategic planning process. Mariko holds a law degree from Harvard Law School and practiced general litigation prior to joining If/When/How.
Megan is Litigation Counsel at If/When/How where she works with the litigation team representing people facing criminal investigation, arrest, prosecution, and any other related matters. Megan also works with the litigation team to develop training and implement current training programs for criminal defense attorneys.
Prior to working at If/When/How, Megan was a public defender in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana from 2017-2022. Megan attended American University Washington College of Law where she was in the immigration clinic and was a Third Year Practice Attorney at the Fairfax County Public Defender’s Office in Virginia. She was an editor for the Business Law Review, and her comment on death penalty advocacy was published in the University of Florida Journal of Law & Public Policy. Megan was also a member of the Moot Court Honor Society.
Myra Gissel Durán is the Senior Policy Advocate at If/When/How, where she supports our policy advocacy efforts, builds partnerships with state-based advocates, and facilitates opportunities of engagement for If/When/How and our constituencies. Myra is the former Senior Policy Manager for California Latinas for Reproductive Justice (CLRJ), a statewide organization committed to honoring the experiences of Latinas to uphold their dignity, their bodies, sexuality, and families. In that position, she helped pass ten bills in the California legislature and strengthened CLRJ’s policy leadership program geared toward young Latinas/es to have them unapologetically take up space.
Myra has served on the Board of ACCESS Reproductive Justice, the Young Women’s Leadership Council for the Pro-Choice Public Education Project, and a 2022 fellow with Rockwood Leadership Institute’s Reproductive Health, Rights, & Justice fellowship. She graduated from UCLA with a B.A. in Women’s Studies and a minor in Labor Studies. In her spare time, she enjoys collecting vinyl, being a tía, and adorning herself with vibrant makeup and jewelry.
Nina Dutta is Research Counsel at If/When/How. She supports our litigation and policy efforts through research, writing, technical assistance, and public education related to abortion access, mandatory reporting, and health data privacy. Prior to joining If/When/How, Nina was a litigator at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius and a medical researcher in Obstetrics & Gynecology at the University of Michigan Health System.
Nina holds a J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School and is licensed to practice in Michigan and California. She received a B.S. in Neuroscience, with a minor in Gender & Health, from the University of Michigan.
Noran Elzarka, Esq. is Senior Helpline Counsel at If/When/How where she is working to assist individuals seeking support and information around reproductive justice.
Prior to joining If/When/How, Noran began her legal career as a public defender in 2018 at Brooklyn Defender Services in the Family Defense practice representing parents and families who were impacted by the family regulation system. Noran attended and graduated from CUNY School of Law where she worked with CLEAR to counter post-9/11 policies and practices that have particularly affected Muslim, Arab, South Asian, and other communities in NYC and facilitated numerous Know Your Rights workshops. Noran was also active with the National Lawyers Guild’s Parole Preparation Project, collaborating with and advocating for people eligible for parole who are serving indeterminate sentences in NY State prisons.
Noran is committed to working towards the abolition of violent systems that continue to intervene and oppress black and brown communities and dreams of a world where people can make decisions for themselves and their families without state intervention.
Rebecca Wang is a Senior Research Counsel with If/When/How. She does research and writing as part of the Research Team and provides technical assistance to advocates around abortion access, legal risk, and mandatory reporting. Rebecca was a 2017-2018 If/When/How Reproductive Justice Fellow. She graduated from the University of Iowa’s College of Law in 2017 and is licensed to practice in California.
Sage Carson is If/When/How’s Media Manager. She shepherds the organization’s media and storytelling strategy to amplify and promote the work of If/When/How.
She is the former manager of Know Your IX, a national campaign working to end sexual violence in education through survivor organizing and policy change. Sage has worked locally and nationally to execute strategic campaigns on abortion access and reproductive health with the National Women’s Law Center, the ACLU of Delaware, and Planned Parenthood of Delaware.
Sage holds a bachelor’s degree in Anthropology and Gender Studies with a concentration in Domestic Violence Services and Prevention.
Sara L. Ainsworth, J.D. is the Chief Legal and Policy Director where she supports and oversees the Legal & Policy Department, leads If/When/How’s civil and appellate litigation, and engages in direct policy advocacy. Prior to joining If/When/How, Sara was Advocacy Director at Legal Voice. She began her career in poverty law, representing survivors of domestic violence in civil protection orders, housing, employment, and family law cases. She went on to work at both Legal Voice and National Advocates for Pregnant Women. Sara also taught law school courses, including Gender Violence & the Law, and Reproductive Rights & Social Justice, at the University of Washington School of Law and Seattle University Law School. She was a co-founding board member of Surge Reproductive Justice, a non-profit that works for reproductive and racial justice. She is a graduate of the University of Washington School of Law.
Sarah Anne (she/her/hers) is the Senior Data Coordinator at If/When/How, where she supports the organization’s mission by ensuring data integrity, improving system processes, and supporting both the administration and optimization of tools such as Salesforce and Learning Management Systems to ensure seamless operations and user-friendly experiences.
Prior to her role at If/When/How, Sarah Anne worked as a Consultant for SGNL Solutions and a Senior Program Assistant at The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine for the Board on Global Health. She has also worked as an English Teaching Assistant on the island of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands and volunteered as a birth doula for people of South Georgia and Northern Florida. Her career has been focused on global health, reproductive rights, and public health emergency and preparedness science.
Sarah Anne graduated from American University with a Bachelor of Arts in Public Health and has completed a certificate in Monitoring and Evaluation from New York University.
Shantal McNeil, Esq. is litigation counsel at If/When/How, where she works closely with the litigation team to provide criminal defense to people facing investigation, arrest and/or prosecution. She also works with the Senior Litigation Counsel to develop new and implement existing training programs for criminal defense attorneys. Shantal began her legal career as a public defender and after almost 5 years made the transition to join the If/When/How team.
Shireen Smalley is If/When/How’s Senior Data Administrator, where she administers and architects organizational data systems, processes, and integrations. Prior to joining If/When/How, Shireen worked with Middle Eastern diaspora and community-based organizations across the country to advocate for fairer federal policies and build local organizational development.
Tayler Tucker is the Senior Communications Manager at If/When/How, where she dreams up digital campaigns and manages communications to amplify, share, connect, and locate If/When/How’s work within the movement for reproductive justice. Framed by her desk is Marge Piercy’s poem “To be of use.”
Yveka Pierre, Esq. is the Senior Litigation Counsel at If/When/How, where she investigates and litigates criminal cases in state and federal courts. She litigates criminal defense cases, both as counsel and through technical support of partners where people are criminalized for their pregnancy outcomes. Yveka also creates and supports partnerships with lawyers and legal organizations, and trains lawyers across the country.
Meet Our Board of Directors
Cecilia Fierro is a public defender and rigorous trial advocate in the Bay Area serving indigent clients for over a decade. She is also an adjunct professor at University of San Francisco School of Law. Cecilia joined If/When/How as a chapter leader while in law school and later joined the organization’s board of directors, serving multiple terms. A native Texan, Cecilia received her BA from Boston College and her JD from University of San Francisco School of Law.
Parker Dockray, MSW, is a longtime advocate for reproductive health and justice, and a natural-born network weaver who loves to connect people, organizations, and issues. Parker is proud to serve on the Steering Committee of All* Above All and the board of If/When/How. She is the former Executive Director of All-Options, a national organization supporting people in all their experiences with pregnancy, parenting, abortion, and adoption. Before joining the staff at All-Options, Parker was Executive Director of the California Coalition for Reproductive Freedom, a statewide coalition of more than 40 reproductive health, rights, and justice organizations. Previously, she spent ten years at ACCESS Reproductive Justice as healthline coordinator, board member, and Executive Director. Parker received her Masters of Social Work from University of California, Berkeley and her BA in psychology and sociology from Wesleyan University.
Jamille Fields Allsbrook joined the SLU Law faculty in the Fall of 2023 after a decades long career in Washington, D.C., with experiences in both the federal government and various nonprofit organizations focused on reproductive health, rights, and justice, and health care reform and finance. Most recently, Professor Fields Allsbrook served as the Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of Population Affairs (OPA) at the United States Department of Health and Human Services. She was also the Director of Women’s Health and Rights at the Center for American Progress, where she managed policy development, advised lawmakers, and conducted research and analysis. She has also held positions at Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the National Health Law Program, where she was an If/When/How Reproductive Justice Fellow. Professor Fields has been an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland School of Law, and she completed a clinical teaching fellowship at the Harvard Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation.
Professor Fields Allsbrook’s research and scholarship centers on advancing health equity for women, people of color, people with low-incomes, and young people. Professor Fields writing, research, and commentary has been featured in the Washington Post, Health Affairs, The Hill, and Essence Magazine, and she has made television and radio appearances on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Al Jazerra, and Telemundo, among other national, state, and local media.
In 2020, Jessica González-Rojas was elected to the New York State Assembly representing the 34th Assembly District, which includes the diverse Queens communities of Jackson Heights, East Elmhurst, Woodside and Corona. She is an unapologetic social justice leader fighting for the values of dignity, justice, and equity. Jessica has dedicated her life –on both the local and national level –to fight for immigrant rights, racial justice, and gender equity, and she is ready to take that fight to Albany.
New York State Assembly Member Jessica González-Rojas represents the 34th Assembly District, which includes the diverse communities of Astoria, Corona, East Elmhurst, Elmhurst, Jackson Heights, and Woodside in Queens County. She has dedicated her life to fighting for abortion justice, immigrant rights, racial justice, LGBTQ liberation, health care access, labor power, and gender equity while forging connections between various progressive movements. Jessica is a progressive champion and brings her advocacy and organizing expertise to her work as an Assembly Member. In the 2024 budget season, she secured $25 million to codify her legislation to establish the Reproductive Freedom and Equity Fund, which provides critical funding to abortion providers and the New York Abortion Access Fund to expand access to reproductive health care for all New Yorkers. Since she assumed office in 2021, Assembly Member González-Rojas has introduced and passed several pieces of legislation on maternal health, transgender rights, transportation access, gun violence prevention, worker protections, healthcare transparency, and more. Assembly Member González-Rojas is the Chair of the Subcommittee on Human Trafficking and the Board Secretary of the Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic, and Asian Legislative Caucus. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators (NHCSL) as the Northeast Region Chair.
Before running for office, Jessica served in leadership for over 13 years at the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice (formerly the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health), including as Executive Director. Jessica is currently Adjunct Clinical Professor at the New York University (NYU) School of Law and was an Adjunct Professor at the NYU Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and the City University of New York’s (CUNY) City College. She holds a master’s degree from the NYU Wagner School, with a concentration in Public and Nonprofit Management and Public Policy, a Certificate in Nonprofit Management from the Executive Leadership Program at the Columbia University Business School, and a bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Boston University, where she graduated cum laude.
Melissa Garcia is Chief Operating Officer at Drug Policy Alliance. Melissa has over 20 years of management experience focusing on building systems and enhancing the infrastructure of organizations that support policy change and community-building. Most recently, Melissa served as the Vice-President of Operations for the Reproductive Health Investors Alliance (Rhia) and before that as the Senior Director of Operations and Finance at the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice where she was responsible for operations, compliance, human resources, and finance. Melissa is a research advocate, financial administrator, and community leader.