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Madeline Daniels is the Communications Director at First Focus. She is a member of a communications team that develops advocacy materials to support First Focus and its partners, and coordinates outreach with media, social media, and outside stakeholders.
Prior to joining First Focus, Madeline worked as a Staff Assistant at the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. Working alongside leaders in children’s health insurance, youth employment, children’s nutrition, and the Early Childhood and Secondary Education Act reauthorization, Madeline supported staff with a broad portfolio of oversight and disability policy issues. She was especially active in the Committee’s oversight of for-profit education companies.
Before moving to Capitol Hill, Madeline worked as a reporter in the Twin Cities. She followed local government and politics as a press fellow for the St. Paul Pioneer Press, and art and culture as a public radio reporter. She also blogged for the Twin Cities Business Magazine in a project exploring the relationship between health care and business communities.
Madeline graduated cum laude from the University of Minnesota School of Journalism & Mass Communication with a bachelor’s degree in strategic communication.
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