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ARIELLE GALINSKY
Senior Fellow
Arielle Galinsky, a Master’s in Public Policy candidate at the Harvard Kennedy School, is passionate about shifting the narrative on aging—especially for young people. She plans to dedicate her career to reforming the state and federal long-term services and supports (LTSS) system, with the objective of ensuring every older adult has access to high-quality, affordable care.
Arielle is keen on bridging generations, and serves as the co-founder and CEO of The Legacy Project Inc, a nonprofit dedicated to connected college students and older adults for the purpose of combating social isolation, bridging intergenerational connections and uplifting life histories. She is the author of the book Their Lives Reflected: A Treasury of Life Stories Captured Through the Legacy Project, which contains stories of 18 individuals that she interviewed during her final year of high school. As a CoGen Impact Fellow, she now leads CoGenerate’s Next Gen CoGen campaign to encourage more people, particularly young people, to make engage in cogenerational activities.
Arielle has interned with the US Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, US Senate Special Committee on Aging, American Society on Aging, Long-Term Quality Alliance, among others, and currently serves as a research assistant to Dr. David Grabowski, analyzing innovative state-based and international LTSS approaches. She is the author, most recently, of “Trump Healthcare Policies Targeting Older Americans: Why Gen Z Should Care,” published by Teen Vogue.