Dr. Ximena Hartsock is the co-founder of BuildWithin. Dr. Hartsock has been involved in education and civic advocacy since 2010, when she began her role as the national director of StudentsFirst. Dr. Hartsock went on to found the advocacy software platform Phone2Action in 2012, which was acquired and is now known as Capitol Canary. She has a Ph.D. in administration and policy from the George Washington University.