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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Nick is a University Innovation Candidate and a senior studying History Education at Utah Valley University. Early on, In 2019 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 named an Oxford Map 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 System Global Challenge Finalist for his work in mapping the State Superintendent system dynamics of Public Instruction, and designed the Legislative Session in Review presentation for education stakeholders throughout the stateUtah’s air quality problems.&nbsp;</span>

<span style="font-size: small;">In 2017 Currently, Nick was invited to shadow the education policy staff at the National Governor’s Association as is pursuing a Program Scholar. During his time with masters degree in Education Policy and Analysis from the NGA, he conducted education policy research with the NGA Center for Best Practices and gained a detailed knowledge University of the Every Student Succeeds Act and the Common CorePennsylvania. Nick's current projects include competing in the Oxford Map the System Social Innovation Challenge, working He also works as the Presidential Intern to the Vice President of University Relations at Utah Valley Universitya program director for Civics Unplugged, and serving as the Associate Director of the Center of Innovation in Education Task Force. In this capacity 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 Educationtheir communities.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span>