For more than a decade, Diana has served as a researcher and public policy analyst for universities, policy think tanks and applied research centers. Diana enjoys working at the nexus of applied research and worker/community organizing. She earned her Ph.D. in political science from CUNY Graduate Center in New York City, where she completed her dissertation on care work and the low-wage economy.
Diana, a native of Alexandria, Virginia, lives in Pittsburgh with her wife and their two boys.