Raffi Freedman-Gurspan

LGBT Liaison, Somerville, MA

Raffi Freedman-Gurspan is the Legislative and Policy Staffer for the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition. She is also the LGBT Liaison for the City of Somerville, and works part-time at the Women's Studies Program at Boston University. Adopted from Central America and raised in the Greater Boston area, Raffi has a strong multicultural background and has worked continuously since high school on human rights issues, including LGBT matters. A graduate of St. Olaf College Northfield, Minnesota in Political Science, she hopes to pursue a career in public policy-making.