Ana Rodriguez-Knutsen

Content Specialist
Ana Rodriguez-Knutsen is the Content Specialist for YWCA’s Marketing & Editorial team. She believes empathy, education, and communication are key to creating a kinder world, and this belief is at the heart of everything she does.

Ana graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in Creative Writing and a minor in Gender, Women, and Sexuality. Her goal has always been to inspire compassion, curiosity and creativity in other people while simultaneously advocating for underrepresented communities.

Ana works hard to make information more accessible to a wider range of people and communities, because knowledge should be available to everyone. In her free time, Ana enjoys cooking, reading comic books, watching cartoons, trying new restaurants, and giving impromptu lectures about mythology and marine science.

A few favorite articles authored by Ana:

A photo of a seal plushie in blue lighting in front of a yellow jellyfish.

Posts by Author

Although there are a variety of services that exist to help people, the people who need these resources most are often the ones who have the hardest more
Our biases are a byproduct of our environment and background, and they influence our perception of the world. Although some people's bias more
After three years hosting our Luncheon virtually, YWCA held our 2023 Inspire Luncheon on September 14 in-person with over 1,000 guests and livestream more
On June 27, YWCA's Denny Apartments opened its doors and became the first new YWCA affordable housing location in over 20+ years.
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We sat down with our new Public Policy Director Margaret Gritten during AAPI Heritage Month to learn more about her and her perspective on the best more