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NYU Wagner Capstone Team works with alumna to improve education in Nicaragua coffee fields

NYU Wagner alumna Kristin Van Busum founded Project Alianza, which provides educational opportunities for children at risk of child labor in rural coffee communities, and she enlisted a Capstone team to help figure out how to expand the organization's reach.

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Capstone team at La Aurora School in Jinotega, Nicaragua

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Welcome to #NYUWagner, Polly Trottenberg!

The former deputy secretary of the US Department of Transportation and former commissioner of the NYC Department of Transportation will begin her tenure as dean on August 1, 2025.

Additionally, Trottenberg, a nationally recognized expert on public policy, transportation, and infrastructure, will serve as a Global Distinguished Professor at NYU.

"At a time when public service and impactful academic scholarship are so essential, I look forward to working with the extraordinary faculty, students, staff, and alumni at Wagner, and across NYU, to educate the next generation of public service leaders and support the research that forms the basis for sound public policy," said Trottenberg.

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