[1][2][3] The goal of Emerge affiliates is to increase the number of Democratic women in all areas of the government.
Steele spent her career in Democratic activism and has been a director at Human Rights Watch.
Steele was a policy analyst for several years in Washington, D.C., on Capitol Hill, where she helped fundraise for Democratic causes and candidates.
[5] She moved to the San Francisco Bay Area and spent eight years as advisor to Democratic activist and Esprit Clothing co-founder Susie Tompkins Buell.
[1] In addition to writing for publications such as the Huffington Post, Steele has appeared on television and radio, including Al Jazeera America[8] and MSNBC[9] to discuss campaigns, current events and politics.