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Grant was born in Flushing, Queens, New New York She grew up in Oyster Bay, New York, where she attended Oyster Bay High School.
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Prior to joining the Afterschool Alliance, Grant was the director of Work and Family Programs for the National Partnership for Women and Families. She also worked on Capitol Hill as general counsel to the Senate Budget Committee and as staff director for the Democratic Steering and Coordination Committee. Grant frequently appears in national media, including National Public Radio, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Business, and The New York Times.
She received her Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with distinction from Yale University in 1990, where she was elected senior class president
In 1993, Grant received her Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School, where she was elected president (first marshall) of the class of 1993. She also served on the editorial board for the Human Rights Journal.
Grant worked as the general counsel for the Democratic Senate Budget Committee from 1994 to 1997. As general counsel, she managed budget bills and reconciliation bills on the floor of the United States Senate, coordinated closely with Republican staff of the budget committee to develop and implement legislation, and handling all legal and ethical matters.
From 1997 to 2001, Grant served as the staff director for the Democratic Steering and Coordination Committee, chaired by then-Senator.
John Kerry. She also served as liaison to the National Governors" Association, where she worked closely with Republican and Democratic governors. Grant also created a national campaign for paid sick days in June of 2004, which included a coalition of more than 100 organizations.
Grant serves as executive director of the Afterschool Alliance, where she oversees all aspects of the organization—setting its goals and strategies for policies, including the re-authorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Acting.
Working with the field to help programs tap into private and federal funding streams. And supervising research to help national, state and local afterschool advocates and providers support, create and expand quality afterschool programs. She began her duties as the executive director of the Afterschool Alliance in 2005 and has since been named one of the 25 most influential people in the afterschool field
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Grant worked to protect and expand the Family and Medical Leave Acting, and was a member of the team that successfully defended the law before the United States. Supreme Court in Hibbs versus Nevada Department of Human Resources.
