Hill-Lockridge has a vast background in the policy space. She began her career in policy working with Congresswoman Eleanor Homes Norton (D-DC). Hill-Lockridge also worked in the energy and natural resource space for Senator Mary Landrieu from Louisiana. She has continued to work for agencies such as the Office of the DC Deputy Mayor, the DC Department of Parks, and the DC Office of Neighborhood and Safety. Community is everything to Hill-Lockridge, and she has dedicated her career to a hyperlocal lens. Hill-Lockridge formerly was a Seeding Disruption Fellow in The Equity Lab, which “intentionally [tries] to put different education stakeholders together to disrupt the educational landscape in D.C.,” according to Hill-Lockridge.

Hill-Lockridge is the Chair of the Ward 8 Health Council doing communications work. Hill-Lockridge also works at the Woman at the Well, an intergenerational farm and community wellness space in Oxon Run Park. Hill-Lockridge is a Founding Board Member and the Events and Scholarship Co-Chair for the William O. Lockridge Community Foundation. Hill-Lockridge also volunteers for Girls Gone Green. Hill-Lockridge recently received the high honor of the Environmental Justice Activist Fellowship in 2024 from The Arts Program at the Aspen Institute and supported in part by the D.C. Commission on the Arts and Humanities.