Ariel Higuchi is a Research Fellow at the Project on Workforce, currently building workforce-focused data tools.
Prior to joining the Project on Workforce, she was a Research Assistant at the Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center, where her work focused on emerging technology, international security, and U.S. foreign policy. Earlier in her career, Ariel was an Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies (APAICS) Legislative Fellow with the Office of Congressman Ami Bera. Ariel managed the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology portfolio for Committee Vice Chairman Ami Bera. Ariel also supported the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and Nonproliferation portfolio for Subcommittee Chairman Ami Bera.
Before joining Congressman Bera's office, Ariel was a Herbert Scoville Jr. Peace Fellow at the Brookings Institution. Within Brookings’ Foreign Policy program, Ariel's independent research focused on nuclear weapons and emerging technology issues. Ariel graduated from Brown University with a Bachelor of Arts in History.