Graduate School: Boston University

Fellowship: Massachusetts Executive Office of Education

Project Description:  Sophie worked with Robert LePage at the Executive Office of Education designing programming to support high school students in their transition to post-secondary training. She compiled summaries of transition programming which exists across the state and worked with stakeholders to identify gaps in programming for communities. Sophie designed three programs with differing levels of intervention depending on the college going culture of the intended community. She worked to leverage work-based learning and free community college initiatives to help students to connect post-secondary qualifications to the possibility of increased wages and more relevant learning opportunities for students seeking vocational training.