Therese Leung

Inequality & Social Policy IGERT
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA



Therese Leung graduated with her B.A. in mathematics from Wellesley College in 1998. After college, she worked as a management consultant before switching careers and obtaining her Masters in Public Policy from the Kennedy School of Government in 2001. Her master’s thesis was entitled, ''Building Assets for Women: A Guide to Designing Individual Development Accounts for Low-Income Women.'' She finally left Boston to work as a fiscal policy analyst for the White House in Washington, DC where she was responsible for making recommendations regarding the funding of federal economic assistance and social service programs like EITC and subsidized child care. Her wide range of research interests includes the study of gender inequality, poverty, the effects of the legalization of abortion, and the evolving family structure. Therese ran in the 2003 San Francisco Marathon and can frequently be spotted running along the Charles River. She's happy to return back to Cambridge, although she often admits missing the exciting and tumultuous sport of politics.

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