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This recent article from The Chronicle of Higher Education describes how TEJI brings valuable skills and real world knowledge to those who would not normally have access, while exposing MIT students to a population they would otherwise not likely encounter.

In this Petey Greene Program Student Spotlight, Angela Livingston shares her appreciation for her tutor, Max Raven, MIT ‘21. During his time at MIT, Max took TEJI’s Philosophy of Love course and went on to serve as a Teaching Assistant for TEJI’s Philosophical Life Skills program.

MIT News recently featured Brave Behind Bars, a computer education and career readiness program for incarcerated women. Brave Behind Bars was born out of TEJI’s Computer Education Committee, and is led by MIT graduate students Marisa Gaetz and Martin Nisser.

When in-person prison education programs shut down in 2020, TEJI experimented with new ways to reach incarcerated men and women. Students, educators, and correctional facility administrators agree that TEJI’s virtual program has been a success, allowing TEJI to reach across geographic barriers, offer classes that teach in-demand skills, and reach underserved populations in New England.

TEJI Senior Graduate Fellow and Mathematics Ph.D candidate Marisa Gaetz ‘20 recently provided reflections on her work as project lead for TEJI’s participation in the “Summer of Hope” (SOH) program, a collaborative intervention program for high-risk youth in Boston.