Sawyeh is the associate director of advocacy research at Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA). She leads the organization's opposition research, including studying the anti-abortion movement’s political and movement-based disinformation tactics. Prior to joining PPFA, Sawyeh spent six years in gun violence prevention research focusing on political violence, mass shootings, and hate-motivated violence. She holds a master’s degree in public administration from NYU where she studied public policy analysis and nonprofit management.