Julia S. McStravog is the Senior Advisor for the Synod at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). She has a ThD in Catholic Studies with a focus on Dialogue from La Salle University, an MA in Interreligious Dialogue from Catholic Theological Union at Chicago, and a BA in Theology from Marymount University. She is a member of the National Council of Synagogues-USCCB Jewish-Catholic Dialogue. She previously worked in Programs on Ethics, Religion, and the Holocaust at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs at USCCB.