Lakshmi Sridaran

A 22 year old from Peachtree City, Georgia, earned her bachelor's degree in ethnic studies from the University of California at Berkeley. Her interest in social and political activism was illuminated through her college years where Ms. Sridaran was an organizer of the CalSERVE student organization that was devoted to bringing a progressive electoral coalition into student government; in addition to these activities, she also served as senator on her schools student government association while simultaneously maintaining high academic honors. Ms. Sridaran interned with two labor unions, Unite HERE and SEIU, and helped organize voter registration rallies in different cities across the country.