Joni

"My career path has been different than what I expected it to be when I was in undergrad."

"The bulk of the job is day to day. What have we decided we're going to do and then actually doing it."

"I'm actually in the process right now of working on a new strategic plan for the organization."

"Being a good collaborator, somebody who can think about the strengths, assets, and skills of multiple people that you're working with and bringing them together to get things done is really important."

"this role having the chance to get out of the house. I've been working from home for a while and meet with people who are doing interesting work."

"Bringing together lots of people and getting them to agree on a direction can be very challenging."

"advocacy in a lot of ways is about winning and but at the heart of it it's about winning things that are important to you and important to the people that you work with and that can make it feel really fulfilling and meaningful."

"people tend to thrive in this industry who are competitive and like that competitive aspect"

"I didn't realize before I started how many different things I would be thinking about and doing in very different areas on a regular basis."

"There are lots of ways to get into advocacy work; some typical ones are Community organizers... a lot of young people start out working in advocacy."

"being able to adapt and change how you do something based on the feedback that you're getting is really important."

"Being with people who were different than the people I grew up with was really important to me."