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Her work centers privacy and responsible data use, ensuring that emerging technologies serve the public good while protecting vulnerable communities.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sydney\u2019s writing has appeared in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Foreign Policy,<\/span><\/i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">U.S. News<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ms. Magazine,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and her analysis has been featured in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Newsweek<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Boston Glob<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Chronicle of Higher Education<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Politico<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Axios,<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> among other outlets. She is currently a Tech and Public Policy Visiting Fellow at Georgetown University\u2019s McCourt School of Public Policy. She also represents OTI on multiple technology policy, privacy rights, and education data coalitions.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prior to joining New America, Sydney worked across sectors\u2014in government, nonprofit organizations, and academic research institutes\u2014on a wide breadth of policy issues impacting women and children. While at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), she was a Mellon Fellow in Critical Data Studies, where she worked on open-source data access and helped design a new minor in critical data studies. She also conducted research in partnership with the ACLU SoCal on quantifying the impacts of digital surveillance on high school students in the United States.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, she worked at UC Berkeley\u2019s Human Rights Center on foster care reforms to better support youth who experienced Commercial Sexual Exploitation. During her time at the Oakland Mayor\u2019s Office, she implemented a city-wide higher education initiative, after which she completed a Coro Fellowship in Public Policy. 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