Faith Christiansen Smeets is a facilitator. Her academic background is mostly in the school of hard knocks, on the ground winning and losing campaigns, along with her BA from UCLA in Political Science and African Studies. She has taught courses at UCLA and also trained campaigners in California and Arizona using polling and research methods along the way. She also spends time consulting with nonprofits on their strategic planning. Her passion is the refugee communities and their success as they join US communities.