After graduating from The American University in May 2023, Sophie Siegel-Bernstein ’15 returned to Washington, DC, to spend a year as an Avodah Service Corps member. Avodah cultivates an intersection between social justice work and Judaism through communal living and provides members with jobs in local social justice nonprofit organizations. She is an outreach coordinator for the First Shift Justice Project, an organization that aims to prevent job loss by offering legal services to pregnant women and new parents experiencing injustices.
Photo credit: First Shift Justice Project