Fellowship
Boston Equity and Inclusion Cabinet

Supervisor
Natalia Espinosa Tokuhama, Boston Economic Mobility Manager

Mentors
Alejandro Jimenez Jaramillo, City of Boston and
Amy Mahler, Taubman Center for State and Local Government

Fellowship Description
This summer, Emek will join the City of Boston’s Equity and Inclusion Cabinet. The project will focus on evaluating the cabinet’s existing definitions of crucial terms like ‘Financial Health.’ Emek will examine each component of these definitions to understand how they are applied to different communities and research the impact of these terms on communities and their significance in enhancing economic well-being. Emek will analyze, evaluate, advise and present a set of policy recommendations centered in the social determinants of health that will serve to operationalize the definitions for the departments in the cabinet. Emek will also provide, short-, medium- and longterm policy and research support as needed when it comes to economic upward mobility work.