Brian Mercado

Brian Mercado is a Ph.D. student at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. He completed a B.A. in General Sociology from California State University, Northridge. His research interests include the experiences of students of color when attempting to navigate educational spaces, the ways that interconnected systems of power in-and-around school settings impact marginalized students, and the struggles of at-promise youth that are entangled in the school-to-prison pipeline.