Biography

Born and raised in New Jersey, one of the most educationally segregated states in the U.S., I witnessed firsthand the impact of systemic inequities. The quality of one’s education is a key factor in social mobility, community cohesion, and the health of democracy, and yet it is largely and unjustly determined by geography. In the age of social media, people have been able to circumvent this limitation with unprecedented access to information, particularly benefitting marginalized communities whose stories and histories continue to be rewritten or suppressed. Throughout my time across federal, state, and city government, nonprofits, and academia, it has also become clear that this new reality has intensified political polarization, accelerated the spread of misinformation, and fueled a growing culture of anti-intellectualism. Through the MPhil in Education (Knowledge, Power and Politics) at the University of Cambridge, I aim to understand how we can leverage different education systems to build a politically informed public capable of holding institutions accountable and advancing a more empathetic and equitable society.

Previous Education

Rutgers University Political Science 2024