Cara Romanik is State Voices’ Senior Manager of State Capacity Building. She supports our 2018 voter registration program across multiple states.

Cara got her start in civic engagement work in 2007, helping adults prepare for their citizenship exams at a refugee services agency. Her professional experience also includes large-scale voter registration in Ohio and working as a union organizer for the largest school district in her home state of Louisiana. Before working in politics, Cara was an adult educator and facilitator for over a decade.

Cara lives in New Orleans, where she spends her free time bike-camping, cooking, and writing for theater.