Bridget is a Presidential Management Fellow (PMF) working in Washington, D.C. She is a program specialist with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families, the agency responsible for federal programs that promote the economic and social well-being of families and children.

"I work with the Family and Youth Services Bureau where my work directly addresses issues of runaway and homeless youth, family violence prevention, abstinence education, and mentoring children of prisoners. The Brown School has a good track record with the PMF program, which has given me the opportunity to impact the way community-based programs are developed, funded, and administered.

"My social work skills have helped me find common ground with people who share different political ideologies. These have been great skills to master."