Sydney Jones is a West Side Chicago native and recent University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign graduate with a bachelors in sociology. Sydney has worked in women and gender equity work at the Illinois Women’s Resources Center as the marketing and communications specialist intern. She has continued this work as a participant of NEW Leadership Illinois, a non-partisan program that enables women to participate more actively in all elements of public life, particularly public policy. In the past, she has held various other roles in housing, education, sales, and fundraising. Sydney is aiming to pursue a Master of Arts in Social Work with a community concentration in the fall of 2021. Sydney likes researching African American history and culture, listening to RnB, and watching Asian dramas for fun!
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