Isabel Soto is the Director of Policy for The LIBRE Initiative.
Previously, she was a Senior Policy Advisor at the United States Congress Joint Economic Committee where she wrote and contributed to multiple original research projects.

Before that role, Isabel was Director of Labor Market Policy at the American Action Forum.
She and her work have been featured by several media outlets, including CNBC’s Squawk Box, The Wall Street Journal, CSPAN, and The Washington Post. Isabel’s research and expertise have been used to inform legislation both on the federal and local level around workforce development, hazard pay, unemployment benefits, and independent contracting.

Before joining AAF, Isabel worked on David Brooks and the Aspen Institutes’ initiative, Weave: The Social Fabric Project, which focused on understanding and strengthening associational life in the U.S. Isabel is a member of the American Enterprise Institute’s Millennial Leadership Network, a former Public Policy Fellow with The Fund for American Studies, and a current American Conservatism and Governing Fellow with The Manhattan Institute.

Isabel is a Davidson College graduate and is pursuing a Master’s in Applied Economics at American University. Isabel grew up in Princeton, New Jersey and is the daughter of Colombian immigrants.