Practical Tools for Evaluation & Learning
Tools and resources to help youth-serving programs design meaningful, usable, and youth-centered data practices.
Selected Writing & Publications
I have published across academic, applied, and practitioner-facing outlets focused on youth development, education, social capital, relationships, and evaluation practice. Here is a curated selection of work that reflects my current focus on how programs can strengthen youth outcomes through relationships, developmental contexts, and practical, usable evaluation.
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A synthesis of research on how youth participation in programs and activities supports the development of social capital, focusing on how relationships, opportunities, and program design shape young people’s access to support and pathways.
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This study explores how peer and near-peer relationships in education and workforce development programs can strengthen young people’s ability to access opportunities and navigate postsecondary pathways.
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This report shares findings from an evaluation of the DREAM program focused on how participation supports positive youth development. The evaluation explored not just whether the program was effective, but how program experiences, especially relationships and developmental supports, shape youth outcomes.
Developed in partnership with DREAM program staff as a part of applied evaluation work with Search Institute.
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This report highlights findings from a qualitative study that aimed to amplify the voices of Black and Latinx youth and the adults within their communities to understand how they envision thriving and how youth-serving organizations can serve as supportive contexts.
Developed in partnership with multiple youth-serving programs and as a part of applied research with Search Institute.