Meet Ángel
Ángel (they/he) grew up in California’s Inland Empire and worked as a senior associate at PolicyLink based in Oakland, California before returning to graduate school. In their free time, they enjoy being active, watching basketball, playing drums, and true crime.
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UC Berkeley Sociology graduate student Ángel Mendiola Ross’ curiosity about using big data and computational methods to try and tackle perpetuating inequities in the criminal justice system led them to the multidisciplinary program… Read more
by Emily Yang
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March 24, 2024
HIGHLIGHTS
Research and Community Partnerships
I have worked with a wide range of partners within and outside of academia, including the University of Southern California’s Equity Research Initiative, Stanford University, Urban Habitat, Right to the City, and others. I highlight a few of these recent partnerships below. Contact me if you’d like to learn more or collaborate.
Eviction Research Network
Through the Computational Research for Equity in the Legal System Training Program (CRELS), I am working with the Eviction Research Network (ERN) at UC Berkeley on an analysis of the role that evictions play in suburban segregation.
Stanford Center for Population Health Sciences
I supported the Center’s partnership with the Solano County Public Health Department to develop novel measures of structural racism drawing on data such as municipal finance, evictions, and arrests to inform policies and programs that can reduce social inequalities in the county.
Urban Habitat
Urban Habitat is a community-based organization working to democratize power and advance equitable policies to create a just and connected Bay Area for low-income communities of color.
I worked with Urban Habitat Director of Housing Justice, Chris Schildt, to support analysis and map making documenting regional changes in racial demographics. The report emphasizes the need for more investment in organizing and advocacy capacity in the suburban places that low-income communities of color increasingly call home.
