Student and Community Organizing:
My experience as a student activist while at NYU has significantly informed my approach to understanding, learning about, and work in higher education. I entered the NYU activist community focusing on environmental issues. I joined NYU Divest and committed part of my time as an undergraduate to the campaign. During my Senior year, I became increasingly involved in NYU groups focused on labor rights and student debt. The critical approach I took to universities has since morphed with the influence of my time working in and learning more about higher education, but the perspective of students is something that has stuck with me.
Fun Facts: In the spring of 2016, I supported the Incarceration to Education Coalition (IEC) in the Abolish the Box campaign when they occupied the Kimmel Student Life Center overnight. Three weeks later, I participated in NYU Divest’s occupation of the administrator’s elevator in Bobst Library, demanding transparency from the Board of Trustees and the chance to present the case of fossil fuel divestment at a Board meeting.