Patience Wall is pursuing a MBA/ MCRP dual-degree with concentrations in Economic Development and Real Estate. While studying at UNC Chapel-Hill, she’s focusing on how to attain equity in regional economic development and housing opportunities through public-private partnerships. Her past work experience includes a dash of elementary education, a brief stint as a pollster and time leading research and policy engagement initiatives at Duke. During her time at Duke, she acted as the Director for State and Local Policy Engagement at the Sanford School of Public Policy where she helped co-found the Color of Education partnership for racial equity in schools and contribute to the campus efforts to provide research and expertise in Opioid Crisis responses. She obtained her undergraduate degree in Public Policy Studies from Duke University in 2015.