 She was also a regular contributor to Pivot's Take Part Live, Huff Post Live, The Young Turks’ The Point and Al Jazeera America.In 2014, she was the co-founder of now defunct Reported.ly, which was a social media startup that aimed at covering issues of conflict, human rights and political movements.She was also a communications manager for labor union called Local 271, the Los Angeles affiliate of Service Employees International Union.