Brittany Drake is the campaigns director for The Protego Foundation and the lead organizer for the Los Angeles chapter of Direct Action Everywhere. She was born and raised in California and graduated from the University of Southern California with a bachelor’s degree in comparative literature with an emphasis in film. She has been vegan for 10 years, has been organizing with DxE for five years, and started working with The Protego Foundation last fall. She has rescued several hens from factory farms and slaughterhouses all over California and was arrested two years ago for civil disobedience locking down at Reichardt duck farm. She’s also a home cook, feminist, cinephile, writer, introvert, singer, actor, and lit nerd with a penchant for pushing boundaries.