Raviya Ismail (she/her) is the Vice President: Communications at Voices for Progress. Raviya leads all aspects of V4P’s communications strategy nationally and in California. Previously, Raviya was a Communications Director at Green 2.0, and spent many years as a communications strategist at Earthjustice, The Pew Charitable Trusts, National Trust for Historic Preservation, and the Aspen Institute. Raviya began her career as a journalist and spent time covering the war in Iraq. Raviya holds a B.A. in English from Rutgers University. She is passionate about social justice, LGBTQIA+ rights, women’s rights and reproductive freedom, and civil rights. Raviya enjoys spending time with her family, lifting kettlebells, reading fiction, visiting her home state of New Jersey, and creative writing.