Phoebe (she/hers) is one of our Warm Line interns and a current MSW student at the University of Washington. After working in Washington, D.C. for many years in various policy advocacy spaces, Phoebe is excited to bring the lessons and knowledge she gained through movement work and her passion for Reproductive Justice, as a human right, and a framework to PS-WA. Most recently, Phoebe was the Policy Manager at the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF), a Reproductive Justice organization focused on building power among Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) women and girls. In her role, she managed NAPAWF’s federal and state policy work using the Reproductive Justice framework to address three core issue areas: reproductive health and rights, immigration, and economic justice. Phoebe’s professional work has also included advocacy on policy protections for LGBTQIA communities with the Human Rights Campaign; legislative experience in Senator Gillibrand’s office; economic justice policy research with the Women’s Initiative at the Center for American Progress; and advocating for campus, state, and national anti-violence policies. 

Phoebe is a queer, transracial adoptee who grew up in Portland, ME. Her activism is rooted in her own experiences and dreams of co-creating healing spaces with communities whose access to resources has been, and continues to be, gatekept by harmful institutions and systems of oppression. Between facetimes with her niece and family back East, she has enjoyed exploring all the amazing food Seattle has to offer and spending time creating her West Coast community.