Our Team
We’re a collaborative team that approaches technology, equity, and justice from a range of perspectives and experiences. We work across communities and disciplines, bringing together our strengths to drive policy change and advance racial and economic justice.
Learn more about working at Upturn and current job opportunities.
Staff
Natasha Duarte
Senior Project Director
An honest but humble critic. Chooses her words carefully. Loves to get lost in the weeds and find her way back.
Mitra Ebadolahi
Senior Project Director
Compulsively forthright and kind. Librarian’s daughter, letter writer. Dogs, donuts, diaspora.
Miriam Osman
Policy Analyst
Probably making stew, eating fruit, or thinking about historical materialism.
Tina M. Park
Executive Director
Highly excitable, but moderately calm under pressure. Her default answer is always “maybe.”
Emily Paul
Senior Project Director
Interested in redistributing power around technology to the people most impacted by it. Aspiring poet.
Winnie Pham
Operations Associate
Lives for community and connection. Passionate about sustainable infrastructure in her free time. Needs spontaneity and whimsy in her life or she will wither.
Maria Isabel Villamar
Director of Operations
Mother, friend, with a love for wine, travel, and a practical approach — plus a knack for numbers. An active listener with little patience. Always up for an adventure.
Emma Weil
Senior Policy Analyst
Empathetic and always learning. Loves silliness, the dramatic, and a good critique.
Harlan Yu
Co-founder
Highly excitable, but disturbingly calm under pressure. His default answer is always “yes.”
Beza Zenebe
Senior Operations Associate
Enthusiastic, sometimes overly-so. Never unpacks her suitcase because there's always somewhere to travel. A fan of Philly sports minus the aggression but all of the heartbreak.
Board
Brandi Collins-Dexter
In Memoriam