Jessica is a research associate at the Joseph C. Cornwall Center for Metropolitan Studies at Rutgers Newark. Prior to joining the Cornwall Center at Rutgers, she worked at Broome Street Academy Charter High School in Manhattan as a Data and Evaluation Associate. Broome Street Academy targets its support to students who have experienced homelessness, foster care, and the child welfare system. In this setting, she was able to learn first-hand about how schools and interventions can be designed to support some of the city's most vulnerable students. After her tenure at Broome Street Academy, Jessica broadened her focus to the district level and joined the data team at the Newark Board of Education as an analyst and ultimately rose to the level of Research Supervisor. Throughout her time at the Newark Board of Education, she leveraged her skills to help staff at all levels of district leadership use data to make data-driven decisions. Jessica worked on projects that helped inform the decisions of district leaders on a wide range of topics, including enrollment, student attendance, student performance, discipline, and tutoring. Jessica is passionate about helping schools and community organizations use data for continuous improvement.