Elizabeth “Liz” was born and raised in Alaska. She received her bachelor’s degree in sociology from University of Alaska Anchorage, where she led the campus’ only student feminist organization. After college, she worked as a direct services advocate in a domestic violence shelter and conducted legislation analysis for the first health policy journal in Alaska. She went on to pursue her master’s degree in Urban Policy Analysis at the New School, where she worked on evaluating the comprehensive sex education curricula for the National Institute of Reproductive Health, and researched how to effectively use information and communication technologies to promote gender equality for UN Global Alliance for Information and Communication Technologies and Development. Before joining GHC, Liz worked as research analyst for Alaska Medicaid. In her downtime, she can be found getting lost in a bookstore or trying out a new recipe.