Cloe Axelson is the senior editor of WBUR’s opinion page, Cognoscenti. She previously worked for several nonprofit organizations, most recently as the director of communications for City Year and Match Education. She’s also worked as a speechwriter at the Democratic National Committee, a ghostwriter for a best-selling self-help author and as a grassroots organizer on political campaigns. Cloe has a M.S. in communication from Boston University and a B.A. in political science from Tufts University. She lives with her husband and their three young daughters near Boston.