Mia Mazer is the Policy & Advocacy Officer at Together for Girls. In this role, she focuses on improving national policies to prevent and end violence against children by strengthening TfG’s engagement on Capitol Hill and with U.S. federal agencies as well as supporting TfG’s globally-focused policy advocacy work with partners in countries across Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe, and Latin America and the Caribbean. Mia also leads TfG’s work with coalitions and partners across gender equality, women’s movement, adolescent girls’/young women, child protection, and ending violence against children communities and spaces.
Prior to joining TfG, Mia worked in the U.S. House of Representatives for four years as a legislative staffer in the offices of Congressman Mark DeSaulnier (CA-10) and Congresswoman Jackie Speier (CA-14). She handled women’s issues, health, education, labor and inequality as part of her policy portfolios. Mia previously held roles in program management, policy advocacy, and communications at various nonprofits and NGOs focused on matters related to women and children’s health, international development and humanitarian assistance, and early childhood education.
Mia completed her master’s degrees in Public Administration and International Relations at the Maxwell School at Syracuse University and her bachelor’s degree in Sociology at the University of Michigan. Mia resides in Washington, D.C. with her husband. She speaks English and Spanish.
Title of a book that touched you: The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
A quote that inspires you: "I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own." - Audre Lorde
A simple pleasure: Sitting on a beach watching the waves and crafting a cheese plate
Movie you could watch on repeat: The Family Stone
A podcast you can’t stop thinking about: Nice White Parents
Something that gives you hope: Witnessing kids learning and children’s books
One word to describe Together for Girls: Undaunted