Aspiring Altruists

This episode features a young woman with a passion for doing impact-focused work, Rachel Botos . Rachel is a Senior Program Associate with the Business & Society Program at the Aspen Institute . She’s done work in higher education, public health, and has even been an intern for a few powerful political figures. She shares with us about how her volunteer experience has shaped her career, the im...

On this episode, you’ll hear from a young woman with an international background and a passion for sustainability, Khyati Rathore . Khyati is the special projects manager for Defend our Future , a division of the Environmental Defense Fund . Through her work at EDF, she aims to support systemic change for climate action across sectors and strengthen the youth-led climate movement. She is also an a...

On this episode, you'll hear from a young woman who has a passion for equity in food systems, Eilish Zembilci . Eilish is the Program Manager for Global Food Security at the Center for Strategic & International Studies . She’s a systems-based-thinker who values wholistic, interdisciplinary approaches to complex challenges. In her role, she works with grants and fundraising, writes and edi...

This episode features Stephanie Aaronson , the Community Development Manager at the Stroum Jewish Community Center of Greater Seattle . Stephanie is an accomplished non-profit professional with demonstrated experience leading new program development, relationship building, budget administration, project management, and partner management. She’s based in Seattle and has spent over 8 years spearhead...

This episode features a young woman who has worked in bipartisan policy work for a few years now, Tiffany Jones . Tiffany is the Chief of Staff to the Development department at the Bipartisan Policy Center , a think tank in DC that actively works across the political spectrum on the current political issues of the day. She’s a nonprofit professional with a passion for impact-focused organizations...

On this 10th episode of the podcast, we feature a young woman who is dedicated to housing and food security, Rose Osburn . Rose is a Volunteer and In-Kind Coordinator at Thrive DC , an organization that works to prevent and end homelessness in Washington, DC by providing vulnerable people with a wide range of services. She has worked with food in many forms over her early career and loves interact...

On this episode, you'll hear from a guy who has quite the story and is someone I've known for a decade, Austin Lee. Austin is a senior associate in people operations at ideas42 , a non-profit design and consulting firm that uses insights from the behavioral sciences to address complex social problems. Austin lives his life as an experiment, having gone from giving the commencement speech...

This episode features a young woman who has a true passion for youth peacebuilding, Mena Ayazi . Mena is a Youth, Peace and Security Advisor at Search for Common Ground . She's using her career to help improve the relationship between citizens and their governments, particularly focusing on the encouragement of citizen participation in democracy, both in the U.S. and internationally. In this...

The first episode of the new year features a young woman who is dedicated to improving our democracy through her role as a Senior Associate at The Democracy Collaborative, Claire Brawdy . Claire is a skilled project manager with extensive experience in facilitation, strategic planning, and program design for an array of federal, commercial, and nonprofit partners. In her Senior Associate role, Cla...

For this last episode of 2020, you'll hear from someone who’s passionate about ensuring the separation of church and state, Sam Gerard. Sam is the membership manager at American Atheists. He just transitioned into this role recently, having worked in communications for the American Humanist Association up until a couple of months ago. He’s done other work in the areas of environmental activis...

This episode features someone who is passionate about creating real political change as it pertains to the environment, Amber Lee Todoroff. Amber is a policy associate at the Environmental and Energy Study Institute where she creates a biweekly policy newsletter, develops Congressional briefings, works on programmatic efforts with Congressional staffers and policy professionals, and creates fact s...

On this episode, you'll hear from a young woman who’s passionate about helping others, especially minorities and the disadvantaged, Justine Zawatski. Justine is a program manager at Upwardly Global, a national non-profit, helping immigrant, refugee and asylee professionals rebuild their careers in the United States. There, she leads a team that serves job seekers by managing employment servic...

On this week's show, you'll hear from a guy who works to strengthen our democracy, Nathaniel Turner . Nathaniel is a Senior Program Associate at Democracy Fund, a private foundation that confronts deep-rooted challenges in American democracy while defending against new threats. Nathaniel supports the Governance Program in its mission to strengthen safeguards that ensure our government is...

Today's episode features a guy who works as a global peacebuilder, Desmond Jordan . Desmond is a Senior Program Assistant for the United States Institute of Peace ,  focusing his efforts on international programs to convene civil society practitioners to share their country's perspectives on pressing global issues. He's based in the DC area and graduated from George Mason University...

The first episode of a brand new show where you'll hear the stories of young non-profit professionals working to change the world. In each episode, you'll hear the background story of a different individual and learn more about the work they're doing, why they're doing it, and how you too can get involved. We're starting things off with a guy who has been committed to envi...