Laurie Roberts is a State Policy Advocate for the Innocence Project. She previously served as the Legislative Director for Texas State Representative Jessica González, where she oversaw a sweeping legislative agenda focusing on criminal justice reform, including innocence reforms, indigent defense, bail reform, and human trafficking prevention. Laurie began her career at Issue One, a Washington DC-based nonprofit dedicated to reducing the impact of money in American politics. While there, she managed all external communications efforts and developed high-level branding campaigns for more than 100 former members of Congress. Laurie also proudly served as a White House intern for President Obama in 2011. She graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst with a BA in political science and holds a master’s in public affairs from the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Policy at the University of Texas at Austin