Kristine Joy Bacani is a Research Project Coordinator at the Heldrich Center where she is involved in research on workforce development and program evaluations. Kristine has extensive experience working in higher education administration, most recently serving as the Assistant Director for the Asian American Cultural Center at Rutgers. She is currently in the Ph.D. in Higher Education program at Rutgers Graduate School of Education. Kristine holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California, Riverside and a Master of Education in Postsecondary Administration and Student Affairs from the University of Southern California.