Paula Phillips

<p>Meet Paula Phillips: &nbsp;She's a first generation college graduate and a Filipina American with a deep commitment to service. She completed multiple years of service as an AmeriCorps member with City Year Chicago and then as an ally with Public Allies in Milwaukee; she then went on to join the staff at City Year Milwaukee for several years. &nbsp;In 2017 she jumped into the arena and ran a successful campaign for a seat on the Milwaukee Board of School Directors, where she oversees a school district with 74,000 students and a budget of $1.2 billion. &nbsp;Her work as an elected official is a part-time responsibility that represents just one of the ways that she continues to serve others: &nbsp;After several years working at the Medical College of Wisconsin as a Program Manager for the Center for the Advancement of Women in Science, she recently stepped into a new role as the Women's Outreach Director for the Biden Campaign.</p> <p>In this interview, Paula discusses where her passion for service comes from, and how she manages to stay centered and balanced amidst the intensity of electoral politics.</p> <p>At the end of the interview, she lifts up a local non-profit called <a href="https://www.marooncalabash.com/">Maroon Calabash</a>, a collective of Black doulas providing pre-natal and post-natal care and midwifery services to women of color in Milwaukee.&nbsp;</p>