I am a researcher at the Roosevelt Institute in Washington, DC, and at The Productivity Institute in London.

My research examines how government interventions can improve economic mobility for working people. 

I have previously worked at the Urban Institute, the Federal Reserve, the Yale Sociology Department, the Center for Economic and Policy Research, and under Katherine S. Newman, provost and professor of public policy at the University of California, Berkeley. 

I hold a BA from Yale University, where I studied economic history, and an MRes from University College London.