Education

B.S. University of Tennessee, Knoxville — Public Administration

M.A. University of Pennsylvania — Criminal Justice, Education & race

M.P.A. Princeton University — Domestic Policy

Work Experience

Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS), Consultant

ACLU-NJ Clemency Initiative

City of Philadelphia Managing Director’s Office, Policy & Strategic Initiatives

Vera Institute of Justice, Associate

City of Knoxville Office of Community Safety

Juvenile Law Center

Publications, Academic Research, and Presentations

Two Roads to Reform: Marijuana Policy Changes, Arrest Trends, and Racial Disparities in Chicago and Indianapolis, Princeton University Journal of Public & International Affairs (Apr 2025) Link.

Weaving Life and Law to Transform Youth Justice, Juvenile Law Center (2025) Link.

Diversion Programs, Explained // Website and Fact Sheet, Vera Institute of Justice (Apr 2022)

Decoding the School-to-Prison Pipeline: Criminalization, Policing, and the Politics of Reform in Philadelphia, MA Thesis, University of Pennsylvania (2021). Advisor(s): Jessie Harper, Marie Gottschalk

“Don’t Count Me Out! There’s Power in Participation: Voter Suppression & Destabilizing Its Reasonableness” Slides, Black Issues Conference, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (February 2020)

Full CV available upon request.