Max joined the Center for Policing Equity in August of 2022 to lend their years of administrative and activist experience to the COMPSTAT for Justice team. Most of their professional and grassroots work has revolved around LGBTQ+ people, animals and the environment, racial justice, and prison/justice system reform. Max has previously worked with organizations such as The Bail Project, Covenant House, and the National LGBTQ Task Force to provide direct aid and resources to marginalized people.

Max received their Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology with a minor in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from Washington University in St. Louis.