Lived Experience Makes the Work Better
But it’s exhausting when you’re one of the only ones carrying that weight.
Anthony Barrows
Anthony Barrows is a managing partner at Project Evident and founder of the Center for Behavioral Design and Social Justice. He previously worked at ideas42, and at various positions in child welfare. Anthony is a 2018 Aspen Institute Ascend Fellow, and holds a BA from University of Massachusetts—Boston, an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute, and an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School, where he was a Gleitsman Fellow at the Center for Public Leadership.
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