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Afshin Zilanawala is a doctoral student in Social Policy Analysis at the School of Social Work. Her research interests are in urban poverty, economic resources, and public policies and their influence on child and family well-being. Her current work examines family structure and family income packaging using the Fragile Families and Child Well-being study. She is also working with Professor Mincy at the Center for Research on Fathers, Children, and Family Well-Being, examining Black male underperformance in NYC public schools. Afshin earned her B.A. in Psychology from Wellesley College (2004) and her M.S. in Social Work at Columbia University (2007).