Jennifer Longdon

Jennifer Longdon is a Phoenix-based writer and activist who has dedicated herself to creating changes in policy impacting disability rights and gun violence prevention. Jennifer has advocated at the Arizona State Capitol, U.S. Congress, and the city level for new laws that will keep Arizonans safe. She is a TEDx speaker and has been featured in various news publications locally, nationally and internationally. She has worked as a trainer for the Maricopa County Elections Board, and currently works as the Communications Coordinator and Editor of LivAbility Magazine for Ability360.

Jennifer has served on the Phoenix Mayor’s Commission on Disability Issues, Phoenix Mayor’s Neighborhood Advisory Council, the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation Public Impact Panel and the Statewide Independent Living Council, among other boards and commissions.

Jennifer is a graduate of Center for Progressive Leadership (2010) and Emerge Arizona’s candidate training programs (2012). She is currently running to represent Legislative District 24 in the Arizona State House of Representatives.