Email editor@ballotpedia.org to notify us of updates to this biography. Barrett earned her B.A. in Speech Communication from University of California at Los Angeles and her M.A. in Folk Art Studies from New York University. Her professional experience includes creating the Dutchess Girls Collaborative, an alliance of local programs, supporters and providers that address the needs of young women. She helped launch and is a board member of the North East Dutchess Fund (NED) of the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, focusing on allocating funds to improve life in the six towns of northeastern Dutchess County. She helped create the pioneering NED Corps program, with Dutchess Community Action Partnership, to deliver greatly needed social services to this rural region."
