Quinn Diaz

Quinn Diaz is the Public Policy Manager for Equality Florida.

Before joining Equality Florida, Quinn worked as the primary strategist for statewide police reform initiatives at the ACLU of Florida and supported grantmaking programming to Black- and brown-led community-based organizations working to reduce the role of police in their communities.

Prior to relocating to Florida, Quinn worked for seven years in the Massachusetts state legislature. As a legislative aide in the House of Representatives, Quinn focused on harm reduction and drug law reform, reducing mass incarceration, and expanding access to higher education for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities. In their Senate role, Quinn directed communications, district affairs, and outreach for the Senate President Pro Tempore, while specializing in criminal legal reform, strategies to reduce opioid-related overdose deaths, data privacy, and traffic safety. Quinn also served as Chair of the LGBTQ+ Staff Caucus and led the effort to install the first gender neutral restroom in the Massachusetts State House.

Quinn grew up in Pennsylvania and graduated from Emerson College in Boston with a Bachelor’s of Science in Political Communication: Leadership, Politics & Social Advocacy. They live in Indialantic, where they volunteer in local sea turtle conservation efforts and as Chair of the Brevard County Young Democrats Committee.