I am an educator, researcher, student affairs professional, and elected public servant working at the intersection of education and public policy.

At 22, I was elected to the Stonington Board of Education, where I help govern a public school system with an annual budget of nearly $50 million. At the University of Connecticut, I teach, mentor students, design programs, and conduct applied research through the Center for Access and Postsecondary Success and the Department of Educational Leadership, with a particular commitment to first-generation and low-income students. My broader work includes shaping institutional policy, advising political campaigns, supporting legislative advocacy, and studying how educational institutions can respond thoughtfully to emerging challenges.

Whether I am shaping policy, supporting a campaign, designing a student program, studying institutions, or sitting across the table from community members, I return to the same principle: leadership should be human-first, evidence-informed, and prepared to undertake the difficult work that meaningful change requires. Institutions are at their best when they treat people not as numbers, problems, or constituencies to be managed, but as full human beings whose expertise in their own lived experiences deserves to shape the systems around them.