For much of her career, Amanda Renterio was the right-hand woman to a lot of powerful people,

as economic policy advisor to U.S. Senator Diane Feinstein, as Chief of Staff to U.S. Senator

Debbie Stabenow, and National Political Director for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign.

Amanda also ran for office herself, first for Congress, then for Governor of California.

Today, she's leading Code for America, which partners with government to make it work better

through technology.

We talk about what it's like to have a career that's constantly evolving and being an influential boss after years of working for other powerful people.

Thank you for doing this, Amanda.

Of course. It's good to see you.

It's good to see you off of Twitter and email.

I know.

Amanda, your career zigzags, but the through line to me is a commitment to service.

Growing up, what did service look like in your home?

Service looked like really being part of the community in every way from, you know,

attending festivals to helping up the school, to church events. So it wasn't particularly

service per se in the way that I think I understand

public service to be today, but it was being part of a community, being part of making sure,

you know, everyone's taking care of. And I think particularly when you grow up in rural,

California in, you know, Latino community households. It's about the kids. And what does

their future hold? So even though it's about the community, there's an eye towards what does this

look like in the future? I found some really cute photos of you as a kid doing folklore dance.

Oh, I love my ballat flogorego or I loved performing, I should say. I'm not sure I

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