Mancini is a research associate in the Youth Development, Criminal Justice, and Employment policy area with more than 10 years of experience managing data collection and analysis of large-scale studies. Since joining MDRC in 2012, her research has focused on early childhood education and fatherhood.
Currently, Mancini is the data manager for Testing Identified Elements for Success in Fatherhood Programs (Fatherhood TIES), a federally funded project that seeks to identify successful elements of fatherhood programs and rigorously test their impacts on participant outcomes.
Previously, she worked on a broad range of studies, including Strengthening the Implementation of Responsible Fatherhood Programs (SIRF), a study using rapid-cycle evaluation methods to test implementation strategies aiming to improve enrollment, retention, and engagement in Fatherhood Programs; Building Bridges and Bonds (B3), an evaluation designed to rigorously test innovative program approaches to support low-income fathers in working toward economic stability and improved relationships with their children; Head Start Connects, a descriptive study aiming to build knowledge about family well-being support services provided by Head Start programs; Head Start CARES, a national evaluation of three evidence-based strategies to improve the social and emotional development of children in Head Start.
Before joining MDRC, Mancini was a data manager at a fiduciary trust firm. She holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Parma in Italy and a master’s degree in public policy from New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.
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