As an undergraduate Julienne was involved in fundraising for and leading student led solidarity trips to Santa Marta, El Salvador as well as teaching ESL classes in Lorain, OH through the Immigrant Workers Project (IWP). Julienne became acutely interested in tenant rights and housing justice when she interned at Causa Justa::Just Cause in Oakland, CA in their tenant rights clinic and conducted demographic and legislative research to support the Housing for All Campaign.