Ilona started her career in campaign finance reform; worked for the New York City Council and the mayor of Boston; and most recently was chief of staff at Moms Demand Action, the nation’s largest grassroots gun violence prevention organization. She holds a master’s in public policy from the University of California, Berkeley’s Goldman School of Public Policy and a bachelor’s degree from Wesleyan University. Ilona cofounded the Wesleyan chapter of the Roosevelt Network in 2006. She appeared on an episode of Sesame Street when she was 5, but has kept a low profile since then.