Naomi interned at Senator Boxer's El Segundo, CA field office in 1998. The pictures to the left, taken on site in 1998, show Naomi sorting press clippings the old-fashioned way and operating the Senator's signature machine. After completing her internship, Naomi went on to serve as a TACL Political Internship Program mentor, an at-large member of the TACL National Board, and a coordinator for TACL's 2000 and 2010 Census outreach campaigns. Naomi is a complete product of California's public education system, having attended public institutions in California from elementary school through graduate school. She is currently a Ph.D. Candidate in the Department of Sociology at UC Berkeley.