#8 Delivering Higher Education to Georgia's Justice-Impacted with Patrick Rodriguez

Patrick Rodriguez is the Co-Executive Director for the Georgia Coalition for Higher Education in Prison. The Georgia Coalition for Higher Education in Prison builds high-quality educational pathways, from pre-college rcoursework to accredited degree completion, for people who are in prison and people who have left prison in Georgia. Patrick and his team handles the unique challenges of spreading associate degree programs in Georgia prisons with an approach centereed in the lived experiences of the incarcerated. Patrick himself was formerly incarcerated and is a testimony of the profound effect higher education can have on the life of anyone, but especially in the lives of the formerly incarcerated. Patrick has racked up several accolades including being selected as a Changemaker in the inaugural cohort for The Obama Foundation Leaders USA Program. Stay tuned to learn about the triumphs and challenges of spreading higher education in prison from a masterful operator in the prison reform space.