Jordan Colbert is from Mays Landing, a small city with a big wealth disparity outside of Atlantic City, New Jersey. Receiving a BA in Classical Studies from the University of Pennsylvania and a Masters of Marriage and Family Therapy from the University of Southern California, he is a first-generation philosopher with a strong preference for using science to solve modern psychological questions. Jordan currently works as an Assistive Technology Specialist within the Disability Services and Programs at USC. In this position, he provides assistive technology solutions to disability-related learning challenges while also maintaining a caseload of 200+ students he counsels as a Disability Specialist. Jordan is credentialed as an Assistive Technology Professional with the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America and a member of the Association on Higher Education and Disability. He previously served as a member of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists and interned at the Mindsight Institute, a research lab for Interpersonal Neurobiology therapeutic/mindfulness practices. It is his goal is to increase individuality, efficacy, and connection within minority communities and throughout the people of the world.

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