Sarah Truelsch is CUNY’s Director of Policy Research. She is one of the lead architects of CUNY’s comprehensive remediation reform plan and on the leadership team of CUNY’s Strong Start to Finish grant for developmental education reform. She also leads CUNY’s data sharing and collaborative research work with the New York City Department of Education and the Research Alliance for New York City Schools. In addition to her work defining college readiness and increasing college access, her other current research projects include work related to transfer students, adult learners, academic momentum, financial aid policies, and student diversity. Before joining CUNY in 2010, she was a Research Associate at the American Institutes for Research and at New American Schools and a consultant for the New York City Department of Education. She has an M.P.A. from New York University’s Wagner School of Public Service and a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Chicago.