Austin Crouse

Storytelling & Design

Hi!  I’m Austin Crouse.  I’m a Venture for America Alum based in New Orleans, LA.  My current gig is managing investments at 4.0 Schools, a non-profit education incubator that has helped launch over 50 education ventures (new schools, learning spaces, and tools).  Here are some companies I’m particularly proud to have worked with: New York on Tech, Juicebox, Blink Blink, and Thrival Academies.  I designed and currently run our Tiny Fellowship Program.

I’m originally from Baton Rouge, LA (see: crawfish, the Saints, and beignets), but I spent my formative years in Georgia (see: the Hawks, peaches, and Coca-Cola).  I studied Mass Media Arts and Economics at the University of Georgia.  A brief stint in Boston as a kid seems to have neutralized any southern accent I once had, but I’m proud of the good parts of the South and acknowledge its troubled history - such is the duality of the southern thing.  I'm working to make my home in NOLA a more inclusive, progressive, and welcoming community.

I’m also the co-founder of Pollo Con Leche, a production company specializing in web video content.  We occasionally make short films.

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