Dr. Sayil Camacho is the Founder and President of the Institute for Public and Social Good (IPSG), where she leads the development of legally viable, empirically grounded research that bridges social science and civil rights law. Her work focuses on operationalizing disparate impact in higher education to strengthen Equal Protection jurisprudence in a post-affirmative action era. As an interdisciplinary higher education scholar and strategist, Dr. Camacho’s research examines how ostensibly neutral institutional policies produce patterned forms of inequality across admissions, workforce, pathways, knowledge production, and governance structures. Her scholarship is grounded in both methodological rigor and a commitment to ensuring that empirical research is court-legible and policy-relevant.

IPSG emerged from Dr. Camacho’s effort to translate complex legal and social science theory into institutional infrastructure capable of advancing civil rights in contemporary contexts. Through cross-sector collaboration with civil rights counsel, social scientists, and policy leaders, she advances research that informs litigation strategy, legislative engagement, and public discourse. Camacho's objective is to build the evidentiary infrastructure necessary to identify and challenge systemic discrimination and strengthen democratic access to educational opportunity. Camacho's leadership philosophy is informed by structural humility, coalition-building, and a commitment to excellence and methodological integrity.

For a full curriculum vitae or additional materials, please contact Dr. Camacho at Institute for the Public and Social Good (IPSG) via hello@theipsg.org.