Michael Cerda-Jara
B.A. Sociology (Highest Distinction), University of California, Berkeley, 2020
M.A. Sociology, Stanford University, 2022
Cohort
2020

About
Michael Cerda-Jara is a formerly incarcerated, first-generation Chicano from Newark, CA. Using his lived experience as a guide for his work, Michael hopes to change how people who have experienced the carceral state are negatively portrayed in society. He aims to impact policy and contribute to the discourse on the collateral consequences of mass incarceration. He is an Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education (EDGE) fellow with a BA in Sociology from the University of California, Berkeley.