Education Policy Analyst

Expertise

State preschool policy; federal early care and education policy; family literacy

Education

Master’s degree, public affairs, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin; bachelor’s degree, political science, Williams College

Background

Current Position: Federal education policy analysis, research, and advocacy

Previous Position(s): Children, Families, and Communities Program Fellow, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation; Research Assistant, Department of Planning, Grants and Evaluation, Texas Education Agency; Bilingual Teacher, Teach For America Corps Member, Houston Independent School District.

Selected Publications

A Renewed Head Start: New Opportunities for Latino Children, coauthored with Amy Goldwasser (June 2008)