Kendra Hurley

Kendra Hurley writes about cities, policy, families, and care work. Her reporting has appeared in publications including Bloomberg CityLab, The New York Times, and The Atlantic. It has received support from New America's Better Life Lab and recognition from the Casey Journalism Center on Children and Families. For over a decade, Kendra was editor and researcher for the families and poverty project at the Center for New York City Affairs at The New School. Her reports and policy briefs helped fuel reform and shape policy in subsidized child care, child welfare, and homeless services. Prior to that, she co-edited Represent, a magazine written by and for teenagers living in foster care. While mentoring the young writers, she received a PASEsetter award for New York City's notable after school workers.