Jeremy Guardiola is Special Assistant to Dr. Jack Shonkoff, Founding Director of the Center on the Developing Child. In this role, he supports Dr. Shonkoff in developing collaborative relationships with partners in the early childhood and place-based fields. He has spent his career working on a range of programmatic and policy approaches designed to empower families and young people to thrive. Prior to joining the Center, he helped run the Dartmouth College Native American Program and managed statewide research projects at the University of Michigan Youth Policy Lab. His experience spans a spectrum of policy domains, from child welfare to postsecondary access to workforce development. Jeremy holds an M.A. in Program Evaluation and Improvement Research from the University of Michigan Marsal Family School of Education and a B.A. in economics modified with sociology and education from Dartmouth College.