Jeanine Hildreth is the Director of Research & Evaluation for the Baltimore City Public School System. Formerly a Program Evaluator for BCPS, she was also a Senior Research Associate for Policy Studies Associates, as well as a Clinical Research Study Coordinator for Innovative Medical Research. She is constantly working towards a citywide effort to improve the well-being of children, youth, and their families. She also works with and through selected Baltimore, Maryland youth programs to increase the availability and quality of arts, academic, and athletics activities for the city’s underserved middle school youth during the out-of-school hours. She earned a B.A. in Sociology from Georgetown University and an M.A. in Sociology from the University of Chicago. She is currently a Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Education Policy Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park.