NLIHC is delighted to welcome Meghan Mertyris as disaster housing recovery analyst! Before joining NLIHC, Meghan worked as a community organizer at the New Jersey Organizing Project (NJOP) and the New Jersey Resource Project (NJRP), where she built and mobilized a base of more than 1,000 people impacted by Hurricane Ida from across the state to advocate for the passage of legislative and administrative solutions addressing damage caused by the hurricane. As a result of her organizing efforts, New Jersey is receiving an additional $149 million in Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds. For her work with directly impacted disaster survivors, she won the New Jersey Association for Floodplain Management’s (NJAFM) Community Outreach award. She holds a bachelor’s degree in communications, legal institutions, economics, and government from American University, as well as a master’s degree in public administration, also from American University. She also holds a certificate in community-based research. In her role as disaster housing recovery analyst, she will support NLIHC’s DHRC team in all communications, outreach, and advocacy plans.