Prior to joining the Council, Bolotin managed communications, research, and direct service operations for a nonprofit organization focused on reentry. Previously, she directed a psychology lab at Boston College and worked on justice-related research projects at New York University, University of Washington, and Yale University, including a multi-site study of the effects of permanent supportive housing for formerly incarcerated individuals. Bolotin also led a project examining the influence of jury instructions on implicit bias and criminal justice outcomes while completing her undergraduate degree at Wesleyan University.