Marco Torres

Marco Torres is a Research Coordinator for the Center for Economic and Social Research. He graduated from Harvard University with a Bachelor’s degree in English and received his Master’s degree in the Leadership and Policy Studies program at Steinhardt School of Education at New York University. Following his master’s program, he worked alongside organizations such as The Center for an Urban Future, Make the Road New York, Ronald McDonald House – NYC, and the Rockefeller School of Government. He has served as a lead researcher and writer on the 2021 ETS /College Promise report on first-generation student success, contributed to a book chapter in the recently published Working for a Future: Equity and Access in Workbased Learning for Young People, and, has co-written an academic paper on Latinx leadership and higher education, which was published in the 2021 Fall Issue of the Journal of Applied Research in Community Colleges (JARCC). He recently published an article on the health, economic, and education-related impacts of COVID-19 on Latinx undocumented immigrants in the Latino Studiesjournal.  In his leisure time, he enjoys cycling and running along the beach as well as spending time with his 83-year old mother. His office is located on the 5th floor.

• B.A. Harvard University
• M.Ed New York University