Charles Rosario

Charles Rosario is the Program Coordinator for the Emerson Prison Initiative (EPI), where he supports EPI’s work both inside and outside prison. He advocates for higher education in carceral spaces as well as for creating more pathways for returning citizens to access higher education on traditional college campuses and works to connect returning citizens to reentry services. This work includes providing direct one-on-one case management to returning citizens, and helping expand EPI and its Reentry and College Outside Program (RECOUP). As a 2022 alumnus of Emerson College through EPI, it is his experience as a formerly-incarcerated person that fuels his