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Mera Cronbaugh

GradFUTURES Social Impact Fellow, Future of Land and Housing

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Mera Cronbaugh is a Princeton GradFUTURES Social Impact Fellowship with New America's Future of Land and Housing Program for the Spring 2026 semester. She is a Master in Public Affairs student at Princeton University focused on urban and social policy, graduating in May 2026. Mera serves on the editorial board of Princeton's Journal of Public and International Affairs and interned with Showing Up for Racial Justice. Prior to Princeton, Mera was a Senior Policy Associate at J-PAL North America. She holds a BS in Economics and Russian from the Ohio State University. 

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