AEASP 2024 Scholar Lily Johnson

Lily Johnson is a first-generation college student from Connecticut. She received a Bachelors of Arts in Economics and minored in African American & Black Diaspora Studies from the College of Arts and Sciences at Boston University. After graduating from BU, Johnson went on to work as a researcher with the Urban Institute's Metropolitan Housing and Communities Policy Center. During her time here, she's contributed to permanent supportive housing evaluations and helped facilitate a Housing Justice focused community advisory board made up of folks with lived experience being unhoused or working in housing support for folks that are unsheltered. Johnson has also worked on projects associated with Urban's Community Engagement Resource Center, aiming to connect Black, Indigenous, and Latino folks to federal funding streams that have historically been inaccessible, so they are centered on developing the change they want to see in their communities. She hopes to continue developing participatory research with a racial equity lens in her pursuit of an economics PhD. In her free time, Johnson enjoys being outside in nature and spending time with friends.