Georgia activist receives national grant to improve higher education in prison

The Georgia Coalition for Higher Education in Prison builds and advances educational pathways to higher education for incarcerated people in Georgia. (Courtesy of GACHEP)

Patrick Rodriguez is Co-Executive Director of the Georgia Coalition for Higher Education in Prison (GACHEP), which builds and advances educational pathways to higher education for incarcerated people throughout the state of Georgia.

Rodriguez was recently selected as a national fellow by the Fund for New Leadership, which supports early-stage leaders who have not had access to traditional philanthropic support but are working on novel ideas to tackle pressing challenges.

Rodriguez was also the mind behind Beyond the Box Georgia — a campaign push to get the University System of Georgia to remove an application question of any past or pending convictions.