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Joe Mirabella grew up in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He received his BA in English and Creative Writing from the University of Iowa.

Following college, he spent three years traveling the world as an event manger, before finally landing in Seattle, Washington.

Recently, he served as the Social Networking Director for the Approve Referendum 71 campaign to keep domestic partnerships. Mirabella helped inspire 40,000 people to join the Approve 71 facebook page during a difficult off year election.

Referendum 71 made history as the first expansion of rights for the LGBT community approved by voters in the United States.

Mirabella was a member of the National Equality March coordinating committee. He is the Washington State Community Organizer for Join the Impact. Joe is a regular contributor to several blogs including the Seattle PI.