She has previously worked as a podcaster, a co-host on Sirius XM, on Google's Public Policy and the Center for American Progress.

[1] She was employed on Google's Public Policy team to look after relationships with thought-leaders, non-profit companies, politicians and think-tanks.

[4][1] In 2015, President Barack Obama went to visit an American jail to further his work in countering racial discrimination in the US justice system.

[5] Jawando has been brought in as an expert to give her insight into American politics where she volunteered that the (then) President Donald Trump was not telling the truth.

[1] As of January 2023, Jawando was senior vice president for programs of the Omidyar Network.