Frances graduated from Washington University with a B.A. in sociology in 2019. Since, she has worked in policy research at Decriminalize Sex Work, people operations, and talent acquisition at Propel, a government-tech company focused on improving the social safety net in the United States, and social impact communications at Nespresso USA. Her passion for understanding social systems and building resource equity within them has been a primary motivator throughout her career. While living in St. Louis, she interned for Arch City Defenders, working to combat the criminalization of poverty through the abolition of the city's cash bail system. She was a founding member of Cultivating Connections, a club at Washington University that partnered with the International Institute's Global Farms Program to build urban farms for immigrant communities in North St. Louis. In Brooklyn, she volunteered as a rape and domestic violence crisis advocate for survivors receiving care in the emergency department. She spent the summer before SPIA wrapping up work and volunteering and backpacking with her sister. This past summer, she worked as a research assistant at The Lab @ DC in Washington. Upon graduation from SPIA, Frances hopes to work on increasing financial resource access for low-income Americans, making our social safety net more efficient, effective, and human-centered.