Brock Grosso

Brock grew up in Battle Creek, Michigan and graduated from the University of Michigan in 2013 with a degree in public policy. As an undergraduate, Brock co-founded Students Organizing Against Prisons, a student-led organization focused on creating a world without prisons. As a student organizer with the Detroit Action Commonwealth, an organization of homeless and near-homeless people working for social and economic justice, he facilitated leadership development trainings and planned strategic actions. Brock was also a facilitator for the Growing Allies Anti-oppression Allyhood Development Program Retreat, where he helped participants explore anti-oppression issues and identity.

Field placement: Mississippi Center for Justice

Jackson, Mississippi

Policy placement: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Washington, D.C.