Veronica Tien is the senior communications manager for PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Center. Before joining PEN, Veronica worked as a legal assistant at a criminal defense law firm in the San Francisco Bay area. She graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2018 with a double major in American studies and economics, where she researched topics involving culture, policy, and social inequity. While at UT-Austin, she also worked with Project Vote Smart and Planned Parenthood.
