Sujatha Jahagirdar is a national expert on young voter participation, with more than 15 years of experience organizing college students. She has appeared widely in major media outlets, including The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and News Hour with Jim Lehrer, providing analysis of youth voting trends and mobilization techniques. She has also testified before Congress regarding the importance of reducing barriers to young voters at the polls. Sujatha currently works as the Political Director for the Student Public Interest Research Groups. Prior to that position, she served as the Program Director for the Student PIRGs' New Voters Project, the nation's largest grassroots nonpartisan youth voter mobilization program. Sujatha graduated with distinction from Yale University with a Bachelor of Science.