Laura McTighe was born in Baltimore and raised in our country’s movements to end AIDS and prisons. Over the last 20+ years, she’s been part of multiple organizations at such intersections as Prison Health News, TEACH Outside, and Project UNSHACKLE. Today, she is assistant professor of religion at Florida State University, and is the co-founder and associate director of Front Porch Research Strategy in New Orleans. Her research explores the intersections of religion and abolition.