Roxy Pirnia is the National Program Director, USA at High Resolves America.<\/p>\n
High Resolves, was founded by Mehrdad & Roya Bagahi with a mission in empowering and inspiring a generation of young people to make a positive difference in the world.<\/p>\n
Roxy is extremely passionate about education reform and equity, particularly in the United States. Upon graduation from university, Roxy joined High Resolves as an intern, analyzing student work and reporting on program outcomes. After her internship, Roxy returned to the United States to continue pursuing her passion of working with youth. She worked as both a Corps Member and Team Leader with City Year in Boston, and subsequently as a Program Manager with Boston Scholar Athletes.<\/p>\n
Through her various roles, Roxy has continuously seen the importance of providing the space, resources, and skills for young people to build the social emotional capacities that are often not explicitly taught in school settings.<\/p>\n
Roxy is excited to again join the High Resolves team, and to build the bridge to the United States. She holds a Bachelors\u2019 Degree in Psychology from the University of California, San Diego, and a Masters\u2019 Degree in Education Policy and Management from Harvard Graduate School of Education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":23194,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"members-type":[857],"class_list":["post-23193","biography","type-biography","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","members-type-speakers"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n