She is also a Fellow at Cornell University's Worker Institute. Prior to Occidental, she worked for several years on environmental justice and green economy policy issues internationally and domestically. Her work experience includes PolicyLink, Dēmos, and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). She has written for various outlets including, The Hill, the American Prospect, Huffington Post, Dissent,. Mic, Grist, the Feminist Wire, the Indypendent, and the Dēmos blog PolicyShop.net.