She brings experience in community organizing, education, nonprofit management, leadership development, and grant writing. 

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Most recently Caitlin was the Managing Director of 215 People’s Alliance (215PA),  a multi-racial, membership-based collective dedicated to building poor and working-class solidarity, equity, and justice in Philadelphia. At 215PA she launched the People’s Kitchen project, distributing 200+ daily meals during the COVID-19 pandemic, and designed new political education and leadership programming.

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Caitlin has a long history of building community-driven leadership. She was part of Philadelphia Coalition Advocating for Public Schools, and a member of the Philadelphia Participatory Research Collective, where she engaged in critical participatory action research to understand community organizing and coalition-building, focusing on leadership programs grounded in equity and healing.

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Raised in Virginia, Caitlin pursued a B.S in Environmental Science at Saint Joseph’s University and an M.A. in Community Development and Planning from Clark University in Massachusetts. She discovered her passion for community gardens while starting a garden with youth during her time as a community organizer.

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Caitlin currently resides in Philadelphia, where she enjoys cooking, gardening, supporting Philadelphia sports, hiking with her pitbull Luna, and painting, despite being colorblind

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