Juliana Gutiérrez​
Research Coordinator 

​Juliana received her BA in Educational Studies and Political Science from Swarthmore College. She joined our team in 2019 as a Smart Beginnings Research Assistant. Previously, she assisted researchers on an impact evaluation of the Middle School Quality Initiative at the NYC Department of Education, and a parenting intervention focused on father-son relationships in New York City’s African- American and Latino communities through NYU’s Center for Latino and Adolescent Health. She is interested in the research and design of initiatives to support underserved families as they and their children navigate the school system, particularly addressing the children and adolescent’s social-emotional development in families of diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds.