Roxy has dedicated her career for the last 15 years to improving the lives of children and youth in Philadelphia, especially those who face significant barriers to education, healthcare and employment. In her current role with the Philadelphia Youth Network (PYN), Roxy oversees the organization’s research and evaluation efforts, as well as leads several partnerships with government leaders, community based organizations and funders to decrease the Opportunity Youth disconnection rate in Philadelphia.  Over the course of Roxy’s five and a half years with PYN, she has led pilot programs, innovative data projects and cross-sector collaborations to increase employment preparation and connections.

Prior to her time at PYN, Roxy worked at Children First [formerly Public Citizens for Children and Youth (PCCY)], southeastern Pennsylvania’s child advocacy organization.  In her nearly nine years there, she led strategy, external relations and mobilization as part of the statewide Campaign for Fair Education Funding, which achieved its goal of the PA legislature approving a fair funding formula for the state’s public schools.  She raised attention to the need for improved access to children’s behavioral health services and managed PCCY’s day of free children’s dental care—increasing the program from about 10 dental practices serving a few hundred children in Philadelphia to nearly 30 dentists throughout southeastern PA serving nearly 1,000 children. Roxy received her Master of Science in Social Policy from the University of Pennsylvania and her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Miami.