I am currently a PhD Candidate in the School of Education at the University of California, Irvine in the Education Policy and Social Context concentration and a 2023 National Academy of Education/Spencer Dissertation Fellow (link). As both a doctoral student at UCI and, before that, a quantitative policy analyst at the RAND Corporation, I have studied how schools shape opportunities and how we reduce childhood poverty. I work with interdisciplinary teams of scholars across the sciences to investigate interventions and policies that aim to support children in their homes, schools, and neighborhoods.