Alexis Alvarez-Franco works as a Research Assistant on the impact of the Berkeley Global Campus as an anchor institution on marginalized communities in order to catalyze economic growth in these communities. Alexis was one of the authors of the "Anchor Richmond" report published by the Haas Institute. Alexis is a San Diego native and has previously worked with institutions focusing on policy research within the San Diego-Tijuana region. Alexis is a senior at UC Berkeley majoring in Political Economy and minoring in Environmental Design and Urbanism.