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Georgia Jensen

is the Program Assistant at the Georgetown University McCourt School’s Center for Children and Families (CCF).

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Georgia Jensen is the Program Assistant for the maternal and early childhood health team at the Georgetown Center for Children and Families. Prior to joining CCF, she interned at the Alliance for Justice, Equity Forward, and the Institute for Policy Studies. Georgia earned her Bachelor of Arts in History and Sociology, with a minor in Politics, Law, and Social Thought, from Rice University.

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