Alvin is an American and a graduate of Stanford University, where he is completed a B.A. in Political Science with Distinction. His academic research has focused on California’s educational governance system. Alvin is founder and executive director of GENup, California’s largest youth-led education policy organisation. He has also completed internships at the White House, for the Mayor of Los Angeles, and for the California Department of Education. Alvin completed his MSc in Comparative Social Policy at Oxford University.