Andrea Batista Schlesinger (born October 27, 1976) is an American political writer and campaigner. She was until 2009 the executive director of the Drum Major Institute.
Andrea Batista Schlesinger | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 27, 1976 Brooklyn, New York City, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago |
| Occupation(s) | Political writer and campaigner |
Early life and education
editSchlesinger was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, by a Dominican mother and a Jewish father. She grew up in Sea Gate, Brooklyn. She was appointed as the student representative to the New York City Board of Education while a student at Edward R. Murrow High School,[1] and later studied public policy at the University of Chicago.
Career
editShe directed a national campaign to engage college students in the discussion on the future of Social Security for the Pew Charitable Trusts,[citation needed] and served as Director of Public Relations of Teach For America before working as the education advisor to Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer.[citation needed]
From 2002 to 2009, Schlesinger led the Drum Major Institute, a think tank founded in 1961 during the American Civil Rights Movement by Harry H. Wachtel.[citation needed] During her tenure as executive director, DMI released several policy papers to national audiences.[2][3] including: Congress at the Midterm: Their Middle-Class Record [4] and Principles for an Immigration Policy to Strengthen and Expand the American Middle Class.[5] In February 2009, she took leave from that position to work as a policy adviser to the re-election campaign of Mayor of New York City Michael Bloomberg.[6]
She is currently serving as a board member for The New York Women's Foundation.[citation needed]
Publications
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Schlesinger's work has been published in New York Newsday, Crains New York Business, the Mississippi Sun Herald, New York Daily News, Alternet.com, Tom Paine.com, New York Sun, Colorlines Magazine, The Chief-Leader, and City Limits Magazine. She is also a contributor to The Huffington Post and is on the Editorial Board at The Nation.
Awards and recognition
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- Awarded “40 under 40 Rising Star” by Crain's New York Business[7]
- Named “35 under 40 Rising Stars, The Next Generation of Political Leaders in New York” by City Hall Newspaper[8]
- Recipient of LatinaPAC's Dolores Huerta Award for "making great strides in promoting progress in our community"[9]
- Named “Expert of the Week” by Fenton Communications' and the White House Project’s "SheSource" program, a project promoting left-wing women policy experts to television and radio.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ Dillon, Sam (22 February 1994). "Midwinter Recess Reviving an Old Parental Complaint". The New York Times.
- ^ "NOW. Politics & Economy. Who is the Middle Class? Overview". PBS. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
- ^ "The Drum Major Institute 2006 Year in Review is our site of the day". Drum Major Institute. 16 January 2007. Archived from the original on 22 October 2007.
- ^ [1] Archived July 3, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ [2] Archived March 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Bloomberg Hires Adviser With Civil Rights Ties". The New York Times. 3 February 2009. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
- ^ "Andrea Batista Schlesinger - Crain's New York Business | New York Rising Star - 40 under 40". Archived from the original on 2007-04-23. Retrieved 2007-06-05.
- ^ [3] Archived February 23, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ [4] Archived September 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine