Misuzu Schexnider is a Program Director of Financial Security in the Inclusive Economy Lab and leads our guaranteed income work and partnership with the Illinois State Treasurer's Office. She has also managed IEL projects on opportunity youth, the future of work, summer youth employment, and access to postsecondary education. Misuzu was formerly an associate program officer at Generation All, an initiative of the Chicago Community Trust that seeks to revitalize neighborhood public high schools. Prior to that, she was an English teacher at North Lawndale College Prep High School on Chicago's west side and at Naperville Central High School.
She holds a master’s in public policy from The University of Chicago's Harris School and a B.A. in English and Secondary Education from Northwestern University. She and her partner raise two exuberant children in Oak Park.