​What's my experience outside of graduate school?

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​I taught toddlers (18 months - 3 years of age) for three years at the University of Michigan North Campus Children's Center. I've also nannied extensively, and love watching those kids grow as they experience school themselves. 

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Much of my outlook on education and policy is also informed by my time as a youth worker, creating and facilitating civic engagement, service learning, and community art curriculums for teenagers with the Ann Arbor YMCA, as well as supporting research and program design for government and nonprofit organizations in Michigan including Detroit Public Schools Community District, the Michigan Department of Civil Rights, the Fisher Foundation, and the Brightmoor Quality Initiative. 

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I spent a summer farming and coordinating volunteers with Growing Hope, an urban farm and food access nonprofit in Ypsilanti, Michigan.

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Once upon a time, I provided technical assistance as a "human trainer" for the Institute of Social Research's LIFE-M Project, which aims to create a massive longitudinal and intergenerational database through the use of machine learning. I've also contributed to work that seeks to understand how the algorithm behind Boston's school assignment process may, alternately, promote equity and exacerbate racial and geographic segregation.