Jody Casey
Beto O'Rourke's 2018 Senate Campaign
El Paso, TX USA
"Everything in moderation, including moderation."
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Jody's work combines: Business, Politics, and Upholding a Cause and Belief
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Day In The Life
Skills &
Education
Advice for getting started
Politics is great because of how diverse your background can be. In many ways, the more diverse the better. Major in government, politics, economics, etc. if you want, but don't feel like you have to do that in order to get involved in politics. Add on minors or certificates to whatever degree you decide to get in order to widen your knowledge base. Always intern in areas that you might be interested in!
Here's the path I took:
High School
Bachelor's Degree
Project Management
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
Here's the path I recommend for someone who wants to be a Campaign Manager:
High School
Bachelor's Degree: Political Science and Government, General
Bachelor's Degree: Economics, General
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Life & Career Milestones
My path in life took a while to figure out
1.
Grew up in Georgia in a lower middle-class family—was driven to get into a good college so she could get a well-paid job to support herself.
2.
Attended Georgia State University, with the help of a state scholarship, where she received her bachelor’s degree in management.
3.
Worked for GE in a variety of sales and marketing roles for almost 20 years.
4.
Admits she has never really been interested in politics, but when she moved to El Paso, TX, she felt there were changes that could be made to make it a great place to raise her family.
5.
She started getting actively involved by throwing fundraisers for city council members and “block walking” to raise awareness.
6.
Has been friends with Congressman Beto O’Rourke ever since she and her husband had supported him during his victorious congressional campaign.
7.
In 2017, she was approached by Congressman O’Rourke to run his campaign for the 2018 United States Senate election in Texas.
8.
Says she is dedicated to bringing transparency, accountability, authenticity, and kindness into politics.
Defining Moments
How I responded to discouragement
THE NOISE
Messages from Myself:
I don't like the direction the country is going in. I should just move away.
How I responded:
Recently, I have had to reevaluate a lot of the things that I believe in and what I can do about protecting those things. I decided these things were non-negotiable for me and that I could either move away or I could stay and fight. I chose to stay and fight.
Experiences and challenges that shaped me
I grew up in a lower middle-class family, so there wasn't a lot of extra money laying around. I've always worked in order to provide for myself. I would take every other quarter off in college in order to work so I could afford to pay for my classes.