Bianca Onwukwe

Senior Research Assistant and PEAR Fellow

Bianca Onwukwe is a PhD student in the Economics and Education program at Teachers College, Columbia University. Her primary research interests are centered on marginalized and underserved student populations. She is especially interested in the relationship between parental incarceration and the school-to-prison pipeline, and its effect on postsecondary school attainment.

Prior to joining TC, she worked as a data specialist for the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS). Before joining DCPS, Onwukwe was a fellow within the Office of Tax Analysis at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. She obtained a BA in economics from the University of Maryland, and an MPP and data science certificate from George Washington University.