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
Victoria Copeland
Senior Policy Analyst
Survives off of lumpia. Rogue social worker. Lover of the nap ministry.
Tinuola Dada
Policy Analyst
Passionate advocate, dependable ally. Figuring out how to actualize utopia.
Natasha Duarte
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. Exacting editor. Librarian’s daughter, letter writer. Dogs, donuts, diaspora.
Urmila Janardan
Policy Analyst
Led by curiosity. Equal parts goofy and intense. Avid gardener and biker.
Emily Paul
Project Director
Interested in redistributing power around technology to the people most impacted by it. Aspiring poet.
Emma Weil
Policy Analyst
Empathetic and always learning. Cares a lot about tech and the people using it.
Harlan Yu
Executive Director
Highly excitable, but disturbingly calm under pressure. His default answer is always “yes.”