Maya Pendleton is SaverLife’s Senior Research Manager. Most recently, Maya led the research for SaverLife’s major climate initiative, The Downpour. Formally trained in mixed-method research, Maya is dedicated to utilizing diverse data approaches to drive policy solutions aimed at eradicating poverty and addressing systemic racial disparities and inequities and has focused her work on examining how inequities manifest at the intersections of class, race, and gender. Maya earned her Bachelor of Arts at Georgetown University and received her Master of Public Policy from the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration at George Washington University.