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Charles Izzo is a Senior Research Associate at the BCTR and a member of the research team on the Residential Child Care Project. His background is in Clinical and Community Psychology with a specialty in the design and evaluation of community-based services for children and families. His work has focused on applying social science research methods to measure and improve the quality of youth care services and on translating social and neuroscience research to better

Jamila Walida Simon earned her Bachelor's Degree from Wells College and her Master's Degree from Cornell University. She began her career with Cornell University Cooperative Extension in New York City (CUCE-NYC) under the direction of Cornell Human Ecology (CHE) alum, Dr. Davis-Manigaulte the former CUCE-NYC Family and Youth Development Program Leader. Jamila served as the CYFAR CITY Project Coordinator while with CUCE-NYC. This launched her love for anchoring youth voices in her positive youth development