Alexandra Estes is currently a summer program intern at MomsRising.org, working on several state campaigns in support of paid sick days. In 2008, Estes served in an internship for the HIV/AIDS support organization HOPE Worldwide, in Cape Town, South Africa. In 2007, Estes worked to promote universal healthcare in the state of Connecticut as an intern for the HealthCare4Every1 campaign of the Connecticut Caring Families Coalition. Since 2005, Estes has worked as a campus organizer for Planned Parenthood of Connecticut. She is currently a senior at the University of Connecticut, majoring in Sociology, and lives in Seattle, Washington.