Avah Toomer

Avah Toomer is a proud macro social worker committed to promoting economic justice and community-centered decision making in policy practice and design. In her role as National Manager of Policy and Advocacy at LIFT, Avah collaborates with caregivers to shape policy strategy and advocate for systems change aimed at eliminating poverty and ensuring economic prosperity for all families.

Avah holds an MSW in Community, Administration, and Policy Practice from Howard University and a B.A. in Comparative Literature and Society from Columbia University. She is a 2022 Fellow of the Congressional Research Institute for Social Work and Policy and serves on the Diversity and Social Action Committee of the American Association for Psychoanalysis in Clinical Social Work.