While Americans watched the nation undergo a massive metamorphosis last year, Clayton County community organizer Alaina Reaves was experiencing a political baptism by fire.
At 32, Reaves is the youngest of the eight-member Georgia delegation to the Democratic National Committee, which has a total of about 400 people. She had a clear vantage point of her state as it took center stage in one of the most tumultuous political seasons in recent memory.
