Meera Rajput (she/her) is a University of Pittsburgh double-graduate earning both a B.S. in psychology and a J.D. with a concentration in health law. She has worked in public service and non-profit spaces throughout her entire career. Prior to law school, she completed a service year at the Pennsylvania Innocence Project, an organization that works to exonerate the wrongfully convicted. During law school, she worked at organizations such as the Women’s Law Project and the National Women’s Law Center, where she conducted research and prepared presentations on issues around reproductive health, rights, and justice. After graduating, she completed a fellowship through If/When/How at Physicians for Reproductive Health where she researched and analyzed federal and state laws related to reproductive health and LGBTQ rights, collaborated in coalition to advance legislative priorities, and published talking points, congressional letters, regulatory public comment letters, blog posts and more.
She also completed another fellowship at the National Partnership for Women and Families, where she advocated for issues related to reproductive health, rights and justice, LGBTQ rights, economic justice, disability justice and maternal health. She is joining the Task Force as a State Policy Analyst and is excited to join a team of hard-working, passionate advocates. Meera likes to spend her free time hanging out with her friends and family, hiking, going to the movies, and traveling.