In early 2025, I was invited to write a case study of MESA Charter High School's Alumni Lab initiative, a six-week intervention for young adults who had graduated high school but subsequently struggled to stay enrolled in higher education or gain traction in the labor market. The program arose from the understanding of MESA's founding co-principals that while their school was succeeding brilliantly on the expected measures of high school gradua tion and college enrollment, th

The Carroll and Milton Petrie Foundation  launched Bold Solutions to Re-Engage two years ago in search of answers to an urgent question:...

The Center for an Urban Future published this policy brief in spring 2024. Thanks to the team at CUF and everyone I spoke with for...

I was honored to support the New York Association of Training and Employment Professionals (NYATEP) in developing its 2023 State of the...

In late 2023 I had the pleasure of working with my friend Stacy Woodruff of The Woodruff Group on a report for Schmidt Futures related to...

My first project after launching Altior was my last project before resigning from City service: supporting the Future of Workers Task...

Today the Center for an Urban Future released my new commentary on New York City's Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) Please give it...