SFLA did not just help me launch my career; it gave me a career in the movement. I joined SFLA as the Virginias Regional Coordinator just two days following graduation from college. I had had no prior intention of working in the pro-life movement, or politics in general, and had expected my time in the movement to be transient, but SFLA cultivated the best in me. I credit my trajectory to SFLA President Kristan Hawkins and her leadership team, who saw a seed of leadership in me that I didn’t perceive at the time.

Bernadette Tasy graduated from Fresno State University with her bachelor’s degree in 2017, and her master’s degree in 2019. She co-founded Fresno State Students for Life and served as president from 2016-2019. Bernadette faced multiple free-speech issues on her campus, including one where, with the help of Alliance Defending Freedom, they ultimately sued the professor involved and won the case! After spending some time as a full-time speech language pathologist, Bernadette ultimately felt called to further the pro-life cause with her work and now serves on the Communications Team at Alliance Defending Freedom.

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Kelsey Hazzard graduated from the University of Miami in 2009 and the University of Virginia School of Law in 2012. She was founder and president of her Students for Life group at University of Miami, an officer of her group at University of Virginia School of Law, and a member of the very first class of William Wilberforce Fellows. In 2009, Kelsey founded Secular Pro-Life, an organization that works to advance the pro-life cause from a non-religious perspective. She currently serves as their board president, in addition to working as an attorney in private practice. 

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