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| birth_name = Rukmini Timmaraju<br />
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| birth_place = [[Hyderabad]], India<br />
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| nationality = American<br />
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| occupation = Attorney, reproductive rights advocate<br />
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'''Rukmini''' "'''Mini'''" '''Timmaraju''' is an American lawyer and [[reproductive rights]] advocate. She has been president of [[NARAL Pro-Choice America]] since 2021. She previously worked for [[Planned Parenthood]], [[Comcast]], the [[Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign]] and the [[United States Office of Personnel Management|Office of Personnel Management]]. She earned her J.D. from the [[University of Houston Law Center]].<br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Rukmini Timmaraju was born on February 25, 1973,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gambino |first1=Lauren |title=‘We’ll fight like hell’: US abortion rights leader on finding hope in a moment of crisis |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/16/mini-timmaraju-abortion-interview-naral-pro-choice-america |work=The Guardian }}</ref> to an Indian American family. While her parents were from the [[Philadelphia]] area, her mother travelled to [[Hyderabad]] to be close to her family before she was born. Her nickname, Mini, is from a character from the short story ''[[Kabuliwala (short story)|Kabuliwala]]'' by [[Rabindranath Tagore]]. Her family moved to Sugar Land, Texas where she attended [[William P. Clements High School]], graduating in 1991. She went on to earn a bachelor's degree in development studies and international area studies from the [[University of California, Berkeley]] in 1995. She earned her J.D. from the [[University of Houston Law Center]] in 1999.<ref name="Quint">{{cite news |last1=Patel |first1=Savita |title=Meet Mini Timmaraju, the Indian American Fighting for Reproductive Freedom in US |url=https://www.thequint.com/south-asians/indian-american-mini-timmaraju-leading-the-fight-for-reproductive-freedom-united-states |work=The Quint |language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Timmaraju held various positions with [[Planned Parenthood]] from 2008 to 2013. She was then chief of staff for U.S. Representative [[Ami Bera]]. She served as the director of the [[National Council of Asian Pacific Americans]] in 2014 and 2015. She worked on the [[Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign]] as the National Women's Vote Director.<ref name="Quint"/> From 2017 until 2021, she worked for [[Comcast Corporation]]/[[NBCUniversal]] as director of external affairs and [[diversity, equity, and inclusion]]. During the Biden administration, she worked for the [[United States Office of Personnel Management|Office of Personnel Management]] as the senior advisor to the director in 2021.<ref name="19th"/><br />
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In November 2021, Timmaraju was named president of [[NARAL Pro-Choice America]]. She was the first woman of color to be named president.<ref name="19th">{{cite news |last1=Padilla |first1=Mariel |title='I don't think we can be alarmist enough': NARAL gets new president |url=https://19thnews.org/2021/11/naral-mini-timmaraju/ |work=The 19th |language=en-us}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://www.prochoiceamerica.org/person/mini-timmaraju/ Profile] at NARAL Pro-Choice America<br />
*[https://www.pbs.org/to-the-contrary/watch/12729 Interview with Timmaraju] on ''To The Contrary''<br />
*{{cite news|title=Mini Timmaraju Takes the Fight for Reproductive Rights on the Campaign Trail |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/168252/mini-timmaraju-abortion-2022-midterms |work=The New Republic }}<br />
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[[Category:American nonprofit executives]]<br />
[[Category:People from Hyderabad, India]]<br />
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[[Category:University of California, Berkeley alumni]]<br />
[[Category:University of Houston Law Center alumni]]<br />
[[Category:American abortion-rights activists]]<br />
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[[Category:21st-century American women lawyers]]<br />
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