Jasmine Quintana

Jasmine Quintana provides policy research and development to reduce structural barriers to economic opportunities for people with arrest and conviction records. Prior to joining the CSG Justice Center, Jasmine worked with the Vera Institute of Justice supporting postsecondary education expansion in prisons through the Second Chance Pell Initiative and with REDF conducting research on workforce best practices for employment social enterprises that primarily serve formerly incarcerated individuals and individuals with severe mental health conditions. Jasmine holds an MSW specializing in macro social work from the University of Southern California and received a BA in comparative ethnic studies from the University of California, Berkeley.