Matteo begins his graduate education after seven years working for members of San Antonio’s City Council, primarily as a policy director and press liaison. He is proud to have been involved in establishing a $10M Climate Fund, expanding the Healthy Neighborhoods program, and developing a heat safety ordinance for construction workers. Prior to that, Matteo graduated from the University of Texas at San Antonio with a degree in philosophy. In his personal time, you can find him sharing stories, devouring books, or (slowly, nervously) rock climbing. Upon graduating, Matteo plans to help municipalities protect and restore natural areas.

Josh was born and raised in Commerce Township, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. Before attending Princeton, he worked as an Assistant Analyst in the Health Analysis Division of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), where he contributed to analyses on prescription drugs, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and long-term care. Prior to the CBO, Josh traveled the country campaigning for Joe Biden in five states during the 2020 presidential election. Josh is equally passionate about politics as he is about Detroit Lions football and can be found many Sundays rooting for his (suddenly good!) hometown team. He also plays the French horn and looks forward to exploring the biking trails near Princeton's campus. After Princeton SPIA, Josh hopes to serve in a role where he can use data and programming tools to solve pressing healthcare policy challenges, particularly at the federal level.

Ayushi is a philanthropy and new economy strategist and storyteller. She spent several years as an independent consultant and advisor, supporting individual and institutional funders to advance economic, climate, and racial justice. Previously, Ayushi served on the founding staff of the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project, and was a Senior Fellow at the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society. She was a 2022-23 Fellow at the Just Economy Institute, and was named a 2023 Young Climate Leader of Color at the People's Climate Innovation Center. Most recently, Ayushi served on the board of New Economy Coalition, a network of over 200 organizations building regenerative economies in the United States, and was a Leadership for Sustainability Fellow at the University of Vermont. She completed her MPA internship working as a Summer Research Fellow with the Global Mental Health Lab at Columbia University, spending time in New York, Peru, and Bangladesh. Ayushi holds a B.A. in international relations and psychology from Stanford University. She grew up in New Delhi, India, and then spent a decade living in the Bay Area, being shaped by its deep history of organizing for just futures. She enjoys teaching and practicing yoga and somatics, reading, dancing, and cooking. During her time at Princeton, Ayushi aims to deepen her understanding of the intersections of global climate finance and policy, as well as the intersections of climate policy, environmental storytelling, and narrative strategy. Eventually, she hopes to lead an integrated capital fund (combining grants, loans, and investments) to mobilize Global North - Global South resource flows towards climate justice.

Ashley is from Toronto, Canada and is an innovative finance and international development practitioner. Prior to Princeton, Ashley worked at Social Finance U.K. on the international development team, supporting the design and launch of outcomes-based approaches and innovative finance mechanisms across a range of sectors such as employment, water and sanitation, and climate. She started her career at a not-for-profit impact investment intermediary in Canada, where she led due diligence and investor relations. In her spare time, Ashley enjoys cooking and sharing a meal with friends, spending time outdoors, and learning new yoga inversions.

Keiana was born, raised and attended college in the Berkshires, Massachusetts, where her awareness of local racial injustice influenced her commitment to social equity. After graduating with a B.A. in psychology from Williams College, she worked in post-apartheid South Africa as a Princeton in Africa Fellow to implement monitoring and evaluation processes and lead an impact assessment at an NGO supporting low-income students attending formerly segregated high schools. After returning to the U.S., she worked at the Equal Justice Initiative, a nonprofit law office and human rights organization, where she provided attorneys with paralegal assistance and advised community coalitions throughout the nation as they developed responses to the continued impact of racial violence and discriminatory laws throughout history. Before coming to SPIA, Keiana served as a Senior Community Engagement Coordinator at a research and action think tank, where she supported advocates, practitioners, directly impacted community members, and government officials in efforts to build more equitable public safety systems. This summer, Keiana worked as a Summer Mayoral Fellow in the Office of the Mayor of the City of Chicago. At SPIA, she hopes to strengthen her skills in policy analysis and enhance her ability to advance equitable policy development and resource allocation practices that prioritize community wellbeing and safety.