Pabitra Benjamin, Field Director

Pabitra Benjamin is the Field Director for the Rights Working Group.

Prior to joining Rights Working Group, she was the Organizing and Training Director for Asian & Pacific Islander American Vote (APIAVote) and previously worked in the field with Fair Wisconsin, the campaign to stop the ban on marriage for lesbian and gay people.

Pabitra has also served as a Fellow at Liberty Tree Foundation for a Democratic Revolution, and a community organizer for the Milwaukee LGBT Community Center. She was trained through the United States Student Association while organizing as a student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Pabitra graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a double major in Political Science and Languages & Cultures of Asia.