Administrative Assistant,
Education Insights Center

Laura Diep joined EdInsights in May 2022, and currently supports the organization and its projects as an administrative assistant. Laura earned her BS in Managerial Economics from the University of California, Davis. During her time there, she worked as a financial wellness peer advisor and served as the advocacy coordinator for her college chapter of Nazun (Challah For Hunger). In the former role, she taught financial wellness to her fellow students. In the latter role, she helped raise thousands of dollars for the Yolo Food Bank by baking and selling challah to the local community. A former transfer student, Laura is passionate about promoting accessibility and equity in education.

Communications Manager,
Education Insights Center

Kalifa Madden joined EdInsights in January 2020 and currently manages the center’s communications needs. Kalifa earned her BA in Communications and Organizational Public Relations at California State University, Los Angeles. She has a passion for communications and enjoys facilitating the needs of the organization, through creativity, collaboration and transparency. She is also passionate about student success initiatives as a first-generation transfer student herself. Prior to joining EdInsights, Kalifa worked as a Digital Media Manager and Social Media Specialist in Los Angeles.

Project Analyst,
Education Insights Center

Joanlyn first joined EdInsights in 2014 as a temporary student assistant and now serves as a project analyst supporting the organization as a whole. During her undergrad she collaborated with over three dozen health and vision vendors to provide free health resources, screenings, and eyeglasses to over 500 individuals in her community. Needless to say, she is passionate about helping others and therefore enjoys supporting EdInsights in their work to inform and improve policymaking and practice for K-12 education, community colleges, and public universities. Joanlyn earned her BS in accountancy and a minor in philosophy from California State University, Sacramento.

Project Analyst,
Education Insights Center

Ben is a Project Analyst at EdInsights. Prior to joining the center at the end of 2020, Ben was working as an office manager for a local event company in Sacramento. He has previously worked in the recruiting field and spent several years working in immigration and cultural exchange at a non-profit and later at UC Davis Study Abroad. Ben graduated with a BA in Spanish and a minor in Business Administration from a small liberal arts college outside of Philadelphia, PA and recently earned his certificate in User Experience (UX) Design. Ben continues to demonstrate his passion for creativity and research to create better, positive experiences for those around him.