Career and work
Rodriguez-Roldan has worked in disability, LGBTQ, and civil-rights policy across government and nonprofit organizations. Her first job after law school was with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Civil Rights Center, where she worked on disability discrimination enforcement. She later served as Senior Policy Counsel at the National LGBTQ Task Force, where she led its Trans/Gender Non-Conforming Justice Project and Disability Justice Project. [2][1]
She subsequently held policy roles at AIDS United and GLSEN before being appointed Maryland’s Coordinator of State Autism Strategy. In that role, she leads development and implementation of the state’s strategic plan for autism-related needs. [3][2]
What has been publicly discussed
“Bipolar, very proudly so at this point; closeted at one point.”
— Victoria Rodriguez-Roldan [6]