I am a second-year Ph.D. Student in Economics and have been an organizer for CGSU-UE since my first semester at Cornell. I began organizing in my own department– completing office visits, participating in phone banks, and holding personal conversations with colleagues to promote a unified strike threat from one of the most union-skeptical departments in the social sciences. Since we have won our contract, I have spearheaded our Fellows Inclusion and Ratification Bonus Working Groups. In this capacity, we have mobilized our organized power to force Cornell to extend the $1,300 ratification bonus to graduate workers on fellowship. Although Cornell does not formally recognize fellows as graduate workers, it is imperative that CGSU-UE fights for and represents every graduate worker, especially when enforcing our constitution and collecting dues. Outside of organizing, I have relevant experience in financial accounting, and understand precisely what the job of maintaining our local’s finances will consist of. I am running for Financial Secretary with the Fight Together 4 CGSU slate because I understand the complexity of receiving and accounting for dues within our membership structure and the necessity of ensuring all graduate workers on this campus, including fellows, are represented by CGSU-UE.