Olivia Cheche is a program associate with the higher education team at New America.
Prior to working in this position, Cheche served as a researcher for The Lincy Institute and Brookings Mountain West, a partnership between the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) and the Washington, D.C.-based Brookings Institution. There, her research focused on educational equity, higher education administration and governance, and college access and funding.
Originally from Las Vegas, Nevada, Cheche holds a bachelor of arts in political science from UNLV.