Maggie Siddiqi is the senior director of the Faith and Progressive Policy Initiative at the Center for American Progress. Her role is focused on advancing a progressive vision of faith and religious liberty and engaging a network of faith leaders to advocate across CAP’s policy areas. Siddiqi has over a decade of experience in national organizations serving American Muslim communities, advancing interfaith relations, and engaging in faith-based advocacy campaigns. She started her career by interning for U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) and serving as a field organizer in President Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign. Siddiqi has a master’s degree in Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations from Hartford Seminary and a bachelor’s degree in religion from Wesleyan University. She earned graduate certificates in Islamic chaplaincy from Hartford Seminary and in nonprofit management from Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy.