After earning a BA in Environmental Economics and Policy and a BS in Applied Mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley, Grant went on to develop waste-reduction, service-learning curriculum for StopWaste.Org, the Alameda County Waste Management Authority in California. He then worked at Slide Ranch as an environmental educator learning and teaching permaculture techniques. Grant was awarded a Math for America Fellowship, earning a MA in Mathematics Education from New York University. Prior to joining Harvest Collegiate, he taught algebra and led the garden club at the Urban Assembly New York Harbor School located on Governors Island. In his spare time, Grant enjoys cooking, woodworking, gardening, sewing, swimming, and cycling.