Amena Sengal

Amena serves as Deputy Director for the Gates Foundation-funded Measures for Early Success Initiative at MDRC, where she leads teams in reimagining assessments for 3–5-year-olds to generate quality data that strengthens early learning experiences for all young children. At MDRC since 2012, Amena brings over a decade of experience integrating UX research methodologies, quality improvement frameworks, and data storytelling to transform complex challenges into actionable solutions. Before MDRC, she led data collection for NYU's NSF-funded Early Adolescent Cohort project. She holds an MS in Psychology from New York University and a BS in Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin.