[1] As a student, Pino was one of the primary writers[2] and one of five complainants in the 2013 Title IX and Clery Act complaints against the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
[3] Along with Annie E. Clark, Sophie Karasek, Kamilah Willingham, Wagatwe Wanjuki, and Caroline Heldman, she became a national leader in filing this sort of complaint, advising sexual assault victims at universities across the United States.
[4] Pino is a primary subject in the 2015 documentary film The Hunting Ground, directed by Kirby Dick and produced by Amy Ziering[5] and is also the author of “We Believe You: Survivors of Campus Sexual Assault Speak Out".
[4] After the women filed the complaint, the OCR and the Clery Compliance Division both launched investigations into how the university was handling sexual assault and crime on campus.
[14] Clark and Pino's activism are the subject of a 2015 documentary film, The Hunting Ground[15] which featured a song by Lady Gaga titled “Til it Happens to You”.
[20] She has also appeared on PBS Newshour,[21] RealTime with Bill Maher,[22] AlJazeera,[23] and Melissa Harris-Perry on MSNBC[24] and Pino has spoken for herself in blogs for the Huffington Post.
[28] Pino has also helped co-write and introduce the Campus Accountability and Safety Act[29] with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand[30] and advised the White House Task Force To Protect Students from Sexual Assault.
Ultimately in 2018, after a five-year federal investigation into its policies and procedures governing sexual assault and harassment cases and as a result of the work of Pino and others, UNC-Chapel Hill was found in violation Title IX.
Since 2013, Pino has predominantly worked at non-profits in communications and policy at End Rape on Campus,[39] the National Center for Lesbian Rights,[40] and most recently at the Community Justice Action Fund.