Francesca is our Research Assistant. Francesca is a University of Southern California alumni, earned her Masters of Education at Hunter College, and is finalizing her MSW degree at Columbia University. Francesca's research interests lie within dismantling systems of oppression and stigmatization surrounding substance use. At PAARI, Francesca will be working on both qualitative and quantitative mechanisms of research, contributing to the ever important growing literature of deflection programs and substance use.