Francisca Afantchao Biakou is a third-year undergraduate student at Temple University majoring in economics and sociology. She subscribes to the scholar-activist pedagogy, actively using her theoretical investments to create material change in local communities. She founded and directs The Zora Project, a grassroots community organization dedicated to providing literary access to under-resourced groups in the Philadelphia area. At Temple University, she serves on the Executive Board of SONKU Collective and is a recipient of the Liberal Arts Undergraduate Research Award for her forthcoming work on a local organization’s effects on the outcomes of high school-aged teens. She is passionate about economics as a theoretical launching point for change and hopes her research in the discipline encourages the development of organizations that radically address socio-economic disadvantage. Her current research interests are at the intersection of labor economics, welfare policy, race and gender.