Originally from Connecticut, Lindsey spent a decade in the Midwest before landing in Rhode Island, where she lives in Providence with her partner, young daughter, and senior cat. Lindsey is a two-time AmeriCorps alum, serving first in a direct service role with AmeriCorps Project YES! in Chicago and later as a Rhode Island Campus Compact VISTA (2014-15), where she designed a high school college access curriculum. Her work has focused on service, community engagement, and educational access, with experience managing service-learning programming at DePaul University's Steans Center and leading AmeriCorps projects for Serve Rhode Island and the Providence Children’s Museum. She holds a BA in Creative Writing from Beloit College and a M.Ed. in Counseling with a focus on college student development from DePaul University.