Hey Empower Missouri Family! I am the new Criminal Justice Policy Manager. I am so excited to join the Empower team. With our 2024 theme being “Policy Change Needs People Power,” I believe that in 2025, utilizing the power of the people, we can build stronger communities through radical and liberating policy strategies and wins....Lee mas

I am very excited to join Empower Missouri as the Chief of Policy Staff. I moved to Missouri fifteen years ago to join Legal Services of Eastern Missouri to lead a newly formed medical-legal partnership to address the health-harming legal needs of patients in local hospitals and clinics. One of my first community presentations was...Lee mas

I am so honored to have the opportunity to work on food security policies as the second Food Security Policy Manager with the Empower Missouri Team. I intend to help further the incredible work Empower Missouri has been doing for over 120 years.  I started my work in food security before I knew what food...Lee mas