Linda Worden

Biography

Linda is a senior at Williams College majoring in Political Economy. She grew up in Penticton, BC, and later attended Lester B. Pearson UWC in Victoria, BC. Her passion for social justice followed her to Williams College, where she became excited by housing and citizen participation as areas of social policy. During her undergraduate career, Linda has conducted research and work at the intersections of marginal identities, tenant empowerment and housing insecurity in places like Vancouver, BC, Brooklyn NY, and London, UK. She spent her third year abroad at the University of Oxford, where she helped launch a petition to repeal the 1824 Vagrancy Act. Her aim is to help build a world where everyday people are more involved in the development of social policy.