Jiexiao Jacob Wu is a current MA student in Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education (CSHPE) at the University of Michigan. He received his dual BA degrees in Education and Criminology from the University of California, Irvine. As a first generation international college student, Jacob understands how challenging it is to access education and he values education a lot. His primary research interests focus on evaluating career programs’ effectiveness in students’ transition to the workforce through the lens of digital skill development, especially among Underrepresented Minority (URM) and non-STEM students in career and technical education (CTE) programs. Jacob aims to pursue a career in academia and become a program evaluator to inform policy making in vocational education.