Dr. bijoux is the Deputy Director for Equity and Racial Justice. As a Senior Fellow at Georgetown University and member of the CJJR senior leadership team, Dr. bijoux advances a racial justice and Community Development framework in all of CJJR’s programs and initiatives, including the Crossover Youth Practice Model, Breakthrough Series Collaborative, and antiracism trainings in numerous counties across the United States.

A nationally recognized race scholar and thought leader, Dr. bijoux has worked as the Director of the Dually Involved Youth Initiative in Santa Clara County, CA and as a program coordinator consultant with the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services, where among other things, he facilitated equity and fairness workshops and co-chaired the DYS Family Advisory Council. He also served as an adjunct professor at Newbury College. Dr. bijoux holds a PhD in Social Policy from the Heller School of Social Policy at Brandeis University, and a Master of Public Health from Drexel University’s Dornsife School of Public Health.