Ansev Demirhan is a senior democracy gender and equity researcher at True North Research. She earned her Ph.D. in history from UNC-Chapel Hill and is trained as an intersectional feminist historian. Her research focuses on dark money groups and their opposition to policies that advance equity, reproductive justice, LGBTQIA+ rights and public education. Demirhan has bylines in The Guardian, Ms. Magazine, Truthout, and Rewire News Group.