Dear John,

Today was my first day as the president of NARAL Pro-Choice America and I couldn’t be more excited to be here!

Taking the helm of a powerful legacy organization like NARAL—especially at the most critical moment in the fight for reproductive freedom in nearly 50 years—is a challenge. But this is a challenge I’ve been preparing for all my life, and I am excited to fight together with NARAL’s 2.5 million members to protect and advance reproductive freedom for every body.

I want to take this opportunity to tell you more about who I am and my vision for NARAL and our next chapter.

My family immigrated to the United States from India, and I spent most of my childhood and the formative early years of my career in Texas. Growing up, my personal experiences with discrimination and misogyny fueled my sense of social justice. As a college student at the University of California, Berkeley, I saw the power of access to and information about reproductive healthcare and sex education. After law school, I dove headfirst into advocating for survivors of domestic violence, fighting for housing justice, and working to expand access to abortion in Texas, Louisiana, and across the country. I’ve worked on campaigns from the local to presidential level and was honored to lead women’s outreach for the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign in 2016, and I’ve worked for Members of Congress and in the Biden-Harris Administration, where I advised on diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility across the federal workforce.

I often say that I’ve spent my whole career at the intersection of race and gender. And at every turn, I’ve fought for social change and for communities, like my own, that are too often neglected and overlooked.

The fight for reproductive freedom is personal for me too. I know how access to the full range of reproductive healthcare can shape the trajectory of your life. Birth control has been crucial in my own battle with endometriosis and my ability to start my family when I decided it was right for me, leading to the decision to adopt two boys with my husband two and a half years ago.

With Roe v. Wade imperiled like never before and abortion access being pushed further and further out of reach—I knew this was the time to take on my next challenge and throw myself back into the fight.

Our fundamental rights face unprecedented threats. Abortion is now almost entirely out of reach in my home state of Texas. And the U.S. Supreme Court is just weeks away from hearing a case that directly challenges Roe v. Wade . The road ahead won’t be easy, but I am ready to bring everything I have learned over my 20-year career to help lead this organization, at this moment.

As NARAL’s president, my vision for the future of this organization is rooted in a deep desire to build on our past successes, make our organization more equitable from the inside out, and fully embrace our role as a political powerhouse at the forefront of the movement for reproductive freedom—because now more than ever we need to protect and expand access to abortion care for every body.

I look forward to being in conversation with you over the next few weeks and months to learn from you and to chart this next chapter together. Don’t use Twitter? I invite you to connect with me on Twitter: [link removed]

We have a lot of work to do, and we have no time to waste. Let’s get started.

Mini Timmaraju
President, NARAL Pro-Choice America


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