Asia Moore is in her final year of graduate school at SUNY Empire State College where she is studying Social and Public Policy. Her research focuses on youth advocacy, education, race, and socioeconomic disparities. As a professional, her work has focused on the disparities associated with young people coping with poverty and connecting them to resources and/or providing them with supports to overcome any challenges that may prevent them from thriving in society. Asia has collaborated with SUNY Orange and the Liberty Partnership Program to host a youth summit encouraging leadership as well as a resource fair for students in the City of Newburgh School District to have access to free community resources.