Nick Sibilla is a state policy analyst at Pacific Legal Foundation, where he crafts legislation to safeguard individual liberty and curb government power.
Before joining PLF, Nick spent over a decade in communications and legislative affairs at the Institute for Justice. During his time at IJ, he helped secure multiple, bipartisan reforms, including abolishing qualified immunity in New Mexico; curtailing civil forfeiture in California, Colorado, Maine, and Nebraska; and eliminating licensing barriers for people with criminal records in the District of Columbia, Iowa, Ohio, Oklahoma, and South Carolina.
A prolific writer, Nick has earned bylines in The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Reason, Slate, and USA Today. He also published nearly 300 op-eds as a senior contributor to Forbes.com, which earned more than 12 million views.
Born in Monterey, California, he spent half of his childhood overseas, including in Havana and Moscow. Being exposed to the grim realities of communism and kleptocracy at such a young age instilled in him a deep appreciation for fairness and freedom.
Thanks to a full-tuition scholarship, Nick studied political science, religion, and economics at the University of Pittsburgh. Outside of work, Nick enjoys reading, writing, gaming, and traveling.