Faith Gay

Faith was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA, and in 2020, she graduated with a B.A. in international studies from American University in Washington, D.C. After graduating, she worked in anti-war organizing as a congressional lobbyist, primarily focusing on advocacy in favor of nuclear nonproliferation, U.S. military spending cuts, and global climate action. She also serves on the field-building committee of the Ploughshares Fund, a nuclear nonproliferation fund working to expand and organize the nonproliferation movement. During her internship in the summer of 2025, she performed strategic corporate research on the green manufacturing industry for the labor rights organization Jobs to Move America, while also making field visits to frontline environmental justice groups in Louisiana fighting corporate pollution. As a Boren Scholar, she plans to return to D.C. after graduate school to work in a national security position in the federal government. But ultimately, she hopes to return to organizing in her home state of California. In her spare time, she enjoys trying new foods and teas, traveling, pop culture analysis, a good baseball game, and the occasional musical.