NESsT is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination to ensure that no applicant for employment, board member, employee, grantee, independent contractor, vendor or other individual will be discriminated against on account of her/his age, ancestry, color, creed, ethnicity, family responsibilities, gender, gender identity or expression, level of income, marital status, national origin, perceived or actual sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, pregnancy, race, religion, sex, or other protected class or characteristic as may be prohibited by US federal and/or Maryland state law or other applicable nondiscrimination laws within the jurisdictions where NESsT operates or where NESsT staff are employed.