I came to climate work through a justice lens, seeing how energy costs, pollution, and policy choices shape real outcomes for communities. I got drawn into the “how” of solutions: translating wonky federal policy into concrete wins people can feel in their homes, in their bills, and in their neighborhoods. Since then, I’ve focused on turning climate ambition into organized action, building partnerships, moving decision-makers, and helping more people participate.

The hardest part is navigating constant headwinds, misinformation, shifting politics, and limited bandwidth, while still keeping coalitions aligned and moving. Right now I’m tackling the fight to protect and expand clean energy and electrification programs/tax credits, while pushing agencies and offices to follow through. It’s a lot of coordination and urgency at once: turning opportunity into durable policy before the window narrows.

The most fun part is building momentum, when partners sync up, and you can feel a campaign “click.” I’m excited about creative, public-facing organizing that makes climate solutions relatable (especially around clean cooking, energy efficiency, and voter engagement). And I love the moments where a complicated policy becomes a simple story people can repeat and act on.

What I wish more people understood or talked about Policy wins don’t automatically become household wins. A tax credit, a rebate, a building code update, none of it matters if the “last mile” is broken: contractors aren’t trained, permitting is slow, financing is predatory, renters have no agency, and frontline communities are asked to “wait” for benefits that never arrive. We need to talk more about delivery systems (implementation, workforce, consumer protection, and trusted messengers) with the same seriousness we talk about “ambition.”