Erica Crowley is the Director of Community Learning at Trinity College, a program of the Center for Hartford Engagement & Research (CHER). Before coming to Trinity, Erica worked as a community organizer in Hartford on a number of high profile political advocacy campaigns related to LGBTQ+ and reproductive rights and health where she partnered with Trinity's Community Action Gateway. Erica continues to be engaged in the city as a member of the Permanent Commission on the Status of Hartford Women and a participant in Mutual Aid Hartford. In her work at Trinity she cultivates academic partnerships between Hartford and Trinity faculty and students and continues to mentor students interested in organizing and social action.