Mia Birdsong is an activist, facilitator, and storyteller. A Senior Fellow of the Economic Security Project, she was also an inaugural Ascend Fellow of the Aspen Institute and New American California Fellow. She was founding co-director of Family Story and vice president of the Family Independence Initiative. Mia speaks widely at conferences and gatherings across the country. She lives with her loved ones on the occupied land of the Chochenyo Ohlone people (aka Oakland, California).