Terry Allen received his B.A. degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 2013 and M.A. degree from Columbia University in 2016. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in education at the University of California. Los Angeles. He has worked in various capacities at organizations such as U.S. Government Accountability Office, RAND Corporation, U.S. Department of Education, The White House, Denver Public Schools, and Pacific Gas & Electric Company. Currently, Terry is a graduate student researcher for Million Dollar Hoods. He is a member of American Educational Research Association. He is also a recipient of the Ford Foundation Fellowship and the Gates Millennium Scholarship. Terry’s research is concerned with structures of inequalities, and the important role of law and policy.