Marco is a graduate student in the Department of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison working toward a PhD. Before beginning his studies in sociology, he earned a MS in Real Estate and Urban Land Economics, also at Madison, with a focus on Real Estate Private Equity. His academic interests include financialization of the built environment, urban sociology, political economy, as well as real estate private equity. His interests in policy focus on housing equity, economic justice, and private-public partnership.