Batten Professor Lucy Bassett, who joined the Batten faculty last fall as a professor of practice, recently spearheaded a project aimed at providing support to children and families stranded on the U.S.-Mexico border as well as strategic planning and coordination for a long-term response. Bassett brings over fifteen years of experience working in global development, a career that first began with a stint in the Peace Corps in Guatemala. This week, she's at the border to begin the first phase of her project.