Mini Timmaraju

Rukmini "Mini" Timmaraju is an American lawyer and reproductive rights advocate. She has been the president of Reproductive Freedom for All, formerly known as NARAL Pro-Choice America, since 2021. She previously worked for Planned Parenthood, Comcast, the Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. She earned a J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center.

Early life and education Rukmini Timmaraju was born on February 25, 1973, to a Telugu Indian American family. While her parents were from the Philadelphia area, her mother travelled to Hyderabad to be close to her family before her daughter was born. The nickname, Mini, is from a character from a short story, Kabuliwala, by Rabindranath Tagore. Mini's family moved to Sugar Land, Texas, where Mini attended William P. Clements High School and graduated in 1991. She went on to earn a bachelor's degree in development studies and international area studies in 1995 from the University of California, Berkeley. She earned a J.D. in 1999 from the University of Houston Law Center.

Career Timmaraju held various positions with Planned Parenthood from 2008 to 2013. She was then chief of staff for U.S. Representative Ami Bera (D-CA). She served as the director of the National Council of Asian Pacific Americans in 2014 and 2015. She worked on the Hillary Clinton 2016 presidential campaign as the National Women's Vote Director.