Elisa Cruz is a junior in Berkeley College studying ethnicity, race, and migration and pursuing the education studies certificate. She is a proud daughter of two Filipino immigrants and Ate to a younger brother. Having attended both well-funded, predominantly white institutions and under-resourced inner-city schools in New Haven, Elisa was struck by the inequalities and unfair burdens that racialized students faced. She is eager to learn how grand strategy could help inform her strategic thinking in addressing racial inequality in the U.S. school system, particularly focusing on ending the school-to-prison pipeline in urban education settings. At Yale, Elisa was a research assistant to Professor Daniel HoSang and worked with community organizers and K-12 students who wished to implement anti-racist principles in school settings; the co-president of Kasama: The Filipinix club; a mentor director for New Haven REACH; and on the community investment team for Dwight Hall Socially Responsible Fund.