Lakshmi is Director of National Policy and Advocacy at SAALT, where she develops and directs SAALT’s legislative and public policy agenda. Previously, she was Policy Director for The Praxis Project, a national non-profit advancing health justice policies in communities of color. Lakshmi began her career as an urban planner in New Orleans. Lakshmi holds a Masters degree in City Planning from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a B.A. in Ethnic Studies from The University of California, Berkeley.