Analia Penchaszadeh serves as the Associate Director for Jobs with Justice in Washington, D.C. Before joining the JWJ staff in 2001, Analia was Director for Community Health and Environment at El Puente, a community-based organization in North Brooklyn, NYC. She oversaw programs related to community gardening, toxics, and community-based epidemiology, working with community members to research and publish a peer-reviewed article on asthma in the American Journal of Public Health. Analia also volunteered with Sista II Sista, a Freedom School for Young Women of Color. She has a Master's in City Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.