About Dustin
I am an educator, researcher, and systems strategist based in New York. My work asks how people and institutions learn, make decisions, and adapt, and I build the programs and systems that help them do it. I teach social studies and law in New York City, study law at CUNY School of Law, and lead Creative Visual Studio. Increasingly that work centers on AI governance and on institutions that can adopt new technology while keeping human judgment accountable.
Current work
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New York City educator
Social studies, civics, government, and law. Civics for All Coordinator, New York City Public Schools, since 2023.
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CUNY School of Law
J.D. candidate, expected 2030, focused on law, institutions, governance, and organizational systems.
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Creative Visual Studio
Founder and principal strategist of a studio working across research, education, and organizational strategy, since 2021.
Areas of focus
AI Governance & Knowledge Systems
Keeping accountable people in charge of AI-assisted work, and making what that work produces reliable institutional knowledge.
Education & Human Development
How people build durable knowledge and judgment, and courses and programs that develop it.
Law, Institutions & Civic Systems
How public institutions meet their obligations, and how students and citizens learn to work within them.
Organizational Strategy & Program Design
Turning requirements, data, and ideas into programs and systems an organization can run.
Background
My career began in nonprofit and community leadership: nine years building a youth sports program from a local offering into a multi-site operation, then six years leading a ministry organization and its online teaching program, alongside executive and consulting roles in business. I trained as a teacher at The Ohio State University, taught in Ohio, and moved to New York City Public Schools in 2023. Creative Visual Studio has run alongside that work since 2021, and J.D. study began in 2026. The Experience page has the full record; the earlier ministry work is archived at praygrowserve.com (leaves dmccv.com).
Credentials
- Expected 2030
J.D. candidate
CUNY School of Law
- 2022
M.Ed., Teaching and Learning
The Ohio State University
- 2010
B.A., Youth/Sports Ministry
Malone University
- Earned
Teaching certification, Social Studies and Law, 7–12
New York State Education Department
- Earned
Teaching certification, Social Studies, 7–12
Ohio Department of Education
Member, American Bar Association and New York State Bar Association.
Materials
Get in touch
I am interested in work where research, institutional understanding, and practical execution meet: AI governance, knowledge systems, compliance, legal operations, policy, program strategy, and education.
- dustin@cvstudio.nyc
- linkedin.com/in/dmcxiii
- Based in
- New York Metropolitan Area
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