This episode features [Leah Bannon](https://twitter.com/leahbannon), founder of [Tech Rebalanced](https://twitter.com/tech_rebalanced) and Product Manager at the [United States Digital Service](https://twitter.com/USDS).

We talk about her path to becoming a thought leader in the civic tech movement and dig into the weeds of doing product management in government.

### Resources and Shoutouts:

- [Leah's Website](http://www.chipy.org/)

- [Code for DC](https://chipymentor.org/)

- [USDS](https://www.usds.gov/)

- [Tech Rebalanced](https://techladyhackathon.org/)

- [User Research is not Illegal](https://medium.com/@ErieMeyer/user-research-is-not-illegal-uncle-sam-51f2f92a280a)

##### Music Credit: [Tumbleweeds by Monkey Warhol](http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Monkey_Warhol/Lonely_Hearts_Challenge/Monkey_Warhol_-_Tumbleweeds)