Julianna Collado is pursuing a master’s degree in educational policy and planning at The University of Texas at Austin. Before coming to Austin, she earned a bachelor’s degree in public policy from The University of Michigan – Ann Arbor, where Collado began her advocacy journey as an executive director of La Casa, a member of the Student of Color Liberation Front, and a Unidos US Afro-Latinx Líderes Avanzando Fellow. Her time on campus was spent organizing alongside other students to advocate for policy changes related to financial aid, campus policing, and transition programming. Collado has interned at the Texas State Legislature and with the Penn Hill Group in Washington, D.C., and has experience researching early childhood education, ethnic studies curriculums, and educator diversity. She is drawn to education policy, so that she can be a part of the changes that make schools the equalizing force that many hope they can be. She plans to use her Archer Fellow experience to continue growing as an advocate for education policy.