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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: smallmedium;">Nick is a University Innovation Candidate and a senior studying History Education at Utah Valley University. Early on, Nick discovered his passions for education and public policy, and these passions have led him to be involved in a number of projects. When he was in high school, he founded and ran a free academic credit recovery program at his school. After graduating and enrolling at Utah Valley, he worked for the federal education grant GEAR UP where he tutored and mentored over on</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">e hundred low income high school students throughout Utah County. During the 2016 Legislative Session, he served as the legislative intern for the State Superintendent’s Office and the State Board of Education. In this capacity, he conducted policy analysis and research for the Board, tracked legislation for the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, and designed the Legislative Session in Review presentation for education stakeholders throughout the state.&nbsp;</span>

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: smallmedium;">In 2017 Nick was invited is an education enthusiast who loves to shadow apply the principles of design and systems thinking to public education policy staff at . In addition to teaching high school, he’s worked on legislative and impact projects with Utah’s State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Utah’s Governor’s Office, and the Utah House of Representatives.  In 2017 Nick was named a National Governor’s Association as a Program Scholar. During his time , providing him with the opportunity to work with and learn from NGA, he conducted education policy research with the NGA Center for Best Practices and gained a detailed knowledge of the Every Student Succeeds Act and the Common Corestaff in Washington, DC.  In 2019 Nick's current projects include competing in the was named an Oxford Map the System Social Innovation Global Challenge, working as the Presidential Intern to Finalist for his work in mapping the Vice President system dynamics of University Relations at Utah Valley UniversityUtah’s air quality problems.  Currently, Nick is pursuing a masters degree in Education Policy and serving as Analysis from the Associate Director University of the Center of Innovation in Education Task ForcePennsylvania. In this capacity He also works as a program director for Civics Unplugged, where he is working closely with helps members of the Utah State Office of Education, the Utah State Legislature, and Utah Education Policy Center to create a Utah Center of Innovation Generation Z in all 50 states make meaningful change in Education</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: small;">their communities.</span></span> <div><br/></div>[[Category: Student Contributors]][[Category:Utah_Valley_University_(2018_Spring_cohort)]][[Category:Student_Contributors]]{{CatTree|Utah_Valley_University}}