Caitlin Pearce is Senior Manager of Strategic Initiatives at Freelancers Union, the nation's largest group representing the growing independent workforce. Overseeing partnerships and new initiatives for the 250,000-member union, Caitlin is a guiding force in the union's drive to help the new workforce build a more sustainable, mutualistic society. Caitlin has studied global labor movements and international development at Johns Hopkins University and as an undergraduate at Bard College. She lives in Brooklyn and moonlights as a freelance musician and textile maker.