In this episode, Mariam sits down with Diana Thu-Thao Rhodes (she/hers) to talk about her work for the past 10 years at Advocates for Youth and her lifelong passion for supporting young people to better advocate for themselves and their communities, particularly in the world of politics and policy. Mariam and Diana spent this episode unpacking her journey through youth advocacy, and marveling at the unique power and potency that is Gen Z.

Diana Thu-Thao Rhodes is the Vice President of Policy, Partnerships, & Organizing at Advocates for Youth, a national reproductive and sexual health/rights organization that centers the needs and voices of young people, while building young people's power to make change in their own campuses and communities. She oversees the organization’s policy advocacy strategies and youth organizing campaigns on a wide range of reproductive and sexual health/rights/justice issues that affect young people. She is a member of Advocates’ Management Team, while leading strategic partnerships and movement-building efforts.

Diana has been working in social justice movements for over 15 years – with both grassroots and grasstops stakeholders – primarily around issues that affect women, young people, communities of color, and the LGTBQ community. She holds an M.A. from George Washington University in Public Policy with a concentration in Gender Studies, as well as a B.A. from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in Sociology and Gender Studies.

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