Candace Moreno Ferguson serves as a training and technical assistance senior research associate with Synergy Enterprises supporting the Readiness and Emergency Management for Schools (REMS) Technical Assistance (TA) Center, the Title IV, Part A Technical Assistance Center (T4PA Center), and she serves as the Task Lead for the Best Practices Clearinghouse. Mrs. Ferguson has over 20 years of experience in the public sector. She has worked with the U.S. Department of Education, state education agencies, and local governments on many initiatives including afterschool, dropout prevention, juvenile justice, educator evaluation and human capital management systems, among others. Mrs. Ferguson is passionate about working on behalf of at-risk youth and will receive a Doctorate in Education from Baylor University in May 2023, with her dissertation focusing on the organizational implementation of a trauma-informed approach in alternative education settings.