As Founder and Principal of The Policy Gap, Rodríguez aligns government and community leaders around the U.S. to take collective action toward a range of affordability crises. He has mobilized hundreds of impacted communities around historic climate justice investments, partnered with immigrants to strengthen their protections in Denver, co-designed a healthcare system with and for public housing residents in Austin, and convened tribal leaders and federal administrators for land justice in Montana. Rodríguez has dedicated his life to shifting transactional moments into transformative movements.
I genuinely believe that the E4A program unlocks a sacred resource for community-rooted investigators deeply committed to driving equitable change in their cities and regions. As a Reviewer, I am excited and committed to investing in values-aligned leaders, ideas and opportunities, especially those with the greatest promise of impact beyond the practice of traditional research and mere publication.