Connect with Denzil A. Streete, PhD, Assistant Director of Diversity at Yale University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Learn how you can shape a competitive graduate school application, strategies for funding your graduate work, and insight into the Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Denzil was born in Morvant, Trinidad and Tobago, and moved to the USA to pursue a college education. He graduated from St Francis College, Brooklyn, NY with a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) degree in Economics. Denzil earned a Masters of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from Columbia University, having attended Teachers College, Columbia University. Denzil’s PhD is in Comparative and International Education, with a specialization in the Economics of Education. His research interests include access and equity in higher education, the ‘Free College Movement,’ minoritized males in education, and Caribbean education policy.