This article was originally published by the Texas Observer, a nonprofit investigative news outlet. Sign up for their weekly newsletter, or follow them on Facebook and Twitter. When I talked to Amanda Zurawski in early August, she had just finished: a Women For Harris call for Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris; a speaking stint in Houston for U.S. Senate Democratic candidate Colin Allred; and a video shoot that will appear at the Democratic National Convention later this month.