Caroline Iosso Email & Phone Number

New York, United States

New York, New York, United States

Greater New York City Area

• Supported the Council Member’s legislative agenda by conducting research on policy priorities, meeting with stakeholders, and developing one-pagers and sign-on letters• Contributed research to report, “Desegregating NYC: 12 Steps Toward a More Inclusive City”

New York, Ny

• Served on a 5-person team of NYU Wagner graduate candidates conducting a cost-benefit analysis of four election reforms in New York State: electronic poll-books, early voting, ranked choice voting, and a combined primary• Developed and implemented a data and methodology plan for evaluating how these reforms would impact NYS county budgets based on data collection from states that have initiated these reforms Won the NYU Howard Newman Award for exemplary teamwork, client relations, and deliverable.

Greater New York City Area

• Created maps using ArcGIS that illustrate the disparate concentrations of bank branches and alternative financial institutions in NYC neighborhoods, depending on racial makeup• Designed and conducted an immigrant financial justice research project, surveying banks with significant presences in immigrant communities about the types of identification they require to open a bank account• Developed profiles of big banks, tracing investments into the fossil fuel industry, financing of DAPL, lobbying and campaign contributions, and support of alternative financial institutionsReceived NYU Wasserman Center Internship Grant

Greater New York City Area

• Conducted research on workforce development programs, city investment into economic and workforce development, and career and technical educational high school programs through interviews and analysis of reports• Wrote memos that informed the analytical perspective of a comprehensive policy report • Contributed sections to a forthcoming policy report on equitable economic development’s relationship to workforce development in New York CityReceived NYU Howard Newman Award for commitment to serving the underservedReceived funding through the NYU Wagner's Ellen Schall Experience Fund

• Researched housing policies and federal housing subsidy programs, like the Low Income Housing Tax Credit and Moving to Work programs, in support of NYU Furman Center policy briefs and Policy Minutes • Compiled bi-weekly housing news digest “Housing Starts” to thousands of subscribers and maintained daily social media presence via Twitter and Facebook

Brooklyn, New York

• Designed and coordinated investigations of systemic housing discrimination in buildings, including tenant interviews, gathering photographic and video evidence of disparate conditions and treatment, and facilitating testing • Created and executed a curriculum of bilingual “Know Your Rights” workshops and community presentations to residents, community organizations, grassroots coalitions, public agencies, and other local stakeholders • Planned fair housing events through coordination with elected officials and community partners; created and disseminated bilingual flyers; wrote press releases about events • Maintained an intake system for receiving and tracking allegations of housing discrimination; assisted tenants, applicants for housing, and tenant associations in filing complaints with U.S. Housing and Urban Development, New York State Division of Human Rights, and New York City Commission on Human Rights

• Coordinated and facilitated bilingual “Know Your Rights” and border issue workshops to groups in local and regional communities; maintained records of all presentations and participants • Developed and implemented local outreach plans for the border-wide campaign “Revitalize Not Militarize Border Communities,” including organizing and conducting trainings and actions • Documented human and civil rights abuses along the New Mexico/Mexico border that provided the basis for the ACLU's report, "Guilty Until Proven Innocent: Living in New Mexico's 100-mile Zone"

• Performed bilingual case management for shelter guests, including those who were migrant farmworkers, victims of domestic violence, clients with mental illness and/or substance abuse dependencies • Managed daily flow of operations in a high stress environment including intake/out-take procedures, upkeep of facilities, supervising volunteer groups, and planning, preparing, and serving 3 meals per day

Master Of Public Administration (Mpa), Public Policy Analysis

Activities and Societies: Co-Chair, Wagner Policy Alliance; Graduate Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Public PolicyReceived NYU.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Geography & Latin American/Latin@ Studies

Received Ellen Churchill Semple Award for Excellence in Geography. Senior Thesis: "El Alto de pie, nunca de rodillas" The Place.