Rhea Almeida

Rhea is a policy researcher and youth development expert, currently focused on equitable summer learning at NYU’s Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools. She believes in bottom-up approaches to social justice, equity-centered policy design, and coalition-building and strategic advocacy. Formerly a news journalist and freelance writer, she has covered a wide range of issues, from elections to women’s rights, education, the climate crisis, and labor policy, working across mediums of TV, digital, and podcasts. She spent two years doing field work with a women's labor union. She has a Masters in Public Administration – Policy & Development from NYU Wagner.