Malia Darby is the Manager of Work Solutions at JobsFirstNYC. In this role, she works to identify, design, and advance practices and policies that achieve better outcomes for employers and workers through strategic partnerships and collaboration. With a background in social work and a specialization in social policy and labor relations, Malia brings significant expertise and passion to her new role. Prior to joining JobsFirstNYC, she worked in program evaluation at an intermediary serving NYC school-aged youth and served as an External Relations intern for a historic settlement house in the Lower East Side. Malia completed her BA in Criminology and Law at University of California, Irvine where she was involved in juvenile detainment and reentry research, and received her Masters of Science in Social Work from Columbia University..