Monali Bhakta
Young Women's Cabinet Member
Monali Bhakta holds a Bachelor of Arts in political science and English from Gustavus Adolphus College. During her senior year, Monali served as the co-president of the Gustavus Student Senate, making diversity, equity, and inclusion an institutional priority and fundamental aspect of her platform. Outside of college, she interned with high-ranking elected officials like U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, providing immigration casework assistance to 200+ constituents across Minnesota. In the 2020 general election, she served as a Field Organizer for the campaign of Dan Feehan for Congress, reaching out to the BIPOC electorate to discuss sociopolitical issues and providing accessible voting resources during a pandemic. This compelled her to work with IGNITE-National, serving as a voting ambassador and educating approximately 150 voters in her network. While serving as a Minnesota IGNITE Fellow, she has collaborated with political candidates and elected officials to educate women to become civically engaged, making them comfortable with the political process. This is the important work she plans to do with the Women’s Foundation of Minnesota. Monali plans to attend law school in the near future and will be a J.D. candidate this fall.