Highlights

Grace Ramsey has a diverse range of experience in social services, legislative services, policy analysis, research, and advocacy.

As a Recovery Rehousing Case Manager, she developed housing stabilization plans for clients, assisted with housing placement, and provided guidance on independent living skills.

Her experience as involved a Legislative Intern for the Arizona Department of Economic Security attending legislative hearings and tracking bill progress relevant to the organization, while also assisting in written and verbal communications on behalf of the Department.

Professional Experience

• Recovery Rehousing Case Manager, The People Concern (2020-2021) : Developed housing stabilization plans for 25 clients. Assisted clients with housing placement and access to resources and social services to increase housing stability. Provided guidance to increase independent living skills and attain goals related to education, vocational training, and employment. 
• Legislative Intern, Arizona Department of Economic Security, Legislative Services (January 2019 – May 2019) : Attended legislative committee hearings, monitored floor action in the Legislature, and tracked bill progress relevant to the organization. Wrote and compiled summaries of bills. Assisted in written and verbal communications on behalf of the Department. Conducted research on the implications around application of policy. Assisted in a plan of implementation for applicable legislation.
• Legislative Intern, Drug Policy Alliance ( Summer 2018) : Conducted and compiled extensive research on policy analysis and evaluation. Write published fact sheets, newspaper articles, blog posts, and official correspondence on behalf of the organization. Engaged in activism in meetings with the offices of members of Congress. She attended official Congressional hearings, as well as various briefings and local events on behalf of the organization.
• Research Assistant, Developmental Etiology of Externalizing Problems Lab (January 2018 – May 2018) : Assisted in the conducting of the Arizona Youth Survey through preliminary testing of research methods such as online surveys. Organized and sent out research materials to participants. Processed and compiled incoming survey data. Attended lab statistics seminars, totaling over 10 hours of direct training on SPSS data management, descriptive statistics, and inferential statistics.
• Caucus Member, Harvard Kennedy School Homelessness Caucus (September 2021 – Present) : Compile and disseminate well-researched information on engaging with unhoused populations. Assist in the coordination of school-sponsored events relating to policy issues around homelessness. Attended regular caucus meetings.

Education

• Master in Public Policy, Expected May 2023 . Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government Cambridge, MA
  Relevant Coursework: Cities and the Urban Informal, Analysis of Public Policy: International Economics, Markets and Market
  Failures, Moral Leadership and Ethics, Quantitative Analysis and Empirical Methods, Policy Design & Delivery , Fundamentals
  of Negotiation Analysis.
• Bachelor of Science in Criminology & Criminal Justice, May 2020 . Arizona State University; Barrett, The Honors College Phoenix, AZ
• Bachelor of Science in Public Service & Public Policy; concentration in Law and Policy May 2020 Minor in Sociology . Arizona State University; Barrett, The Honors College Phoenix, AZ

 

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