October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. In May 2021, President Biden signed Executive Order 14028, “Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity,” making cybersecurity a government-wide priority.
Launched last year, the U.S. Digital Corps is a two-year, full-time opportunity housed at the General Services Administration (GSA) for early-career technologists to start their careers working on high-impact projects across the federal government — including in cybersecurity.
Jamila Crawford, a U.S. Digital Corps Fellow at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), shares her journey working in cybersecurity and her current work at CISA.
What made you consider public service?
My undergraduate degree is in Sociology and my studies focused largely on social change and human behaviors, so I knew even in school that I wanted to work with the public in some way. Four months after completing my degree in 2015, I began working in public service at the state level with the Georgia Department of Corrections. Shortly after starting, I was sure I wanted to remain in public service in the long term.
The impact you’re able to make in government — whether it’s protecting the community, ensuring that technology works to get the job done, or developing policies that will benefit the public — makes public service unique and worthwhile. I often reflect on my past roles and those whose paths I’ve crossed since starting in public service seven years ago, and I can honestly say the feeling from doing meaningful work is long-lasting.
What was your path to the U.S. Digital Corps?
My professional career started as a state of Georgia felony ..
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