Internship at 314 Action

Through my internship at 314 Action, I have gained crucial experience in donor prospecting, candidate endorsement, navigating NGP, and utilizing the FEC donor database. The projects that I frequently work on include: updating donor profiles in our NGP database, identifying state and local candidates to endorse, tracking the legislative history of our candidates who are in office, and identifying potential donors. These projects are extremely fulfilling, especially because I get to see my work being prioritized and meaningful. When I update a contact on NGP, the next day that information will be utilized to reach out to a potential donor during call time, who may help fund a candidate that 314 Action endorses.

314 Action is a non-governmental organization that is both a nonprofit and a political PAC, acting at the federal, state, and local levels to further accomplish their mission of electing democratic scientists and STEM professionals to public office. Their ultimate goal is to ensure that policy concerning science is based on facts and data. I chose to intern at 314 Action because their mission aligns very well with my career aspirations and I believed that I could build upon both my political science and data science interests. This proved to be true very quickly, as I have had the opportunity to learn how to plan fundraising events as well as experiment with projects using R to collect data.

I look forward to applying my new knowledge and experiences regarding campaign funding as well as data collection and interpretation to future positions in government.