Rivka Burstein-Stern

As Field Outreach Coordinator, Rivka Burstein-Stern serves as the liaison between the Afterschool Alliance and its growing network of afterschool providers. She keeps the field up-to-date on the ever-changing afterschool policy landscape and mobilizes policy makers to affect the development of afterschool-related public policy. She travels around the country speaking to afterschool providers about how to ensure the long-term sustainability of their programs. She attended Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, where she received a BA in political science and educational studies. Rivka has worked as a tutor, coach, and summer school teacher in her hometown of Seattle, Washington. She came to the Afterschool Alliance after completing a year-long fellowship with the Jewish Service Corps, during which she worked as a community organizer, advocate, and legal clinic coordinator for low-income workers in Washington, DC.