Madison Marino is a Senior Research Associate in the Center for Education Policy at The Heritage Foundation. Her work focuses on higher education reform regarding affordability and accountability. She also writes on K-12 education choice initiatives.

Marino is also a visiting fellow with the Maryland Family Institute, where she writes and comments on issues related to education choice, parental rights, and local education.

Before this, she served in multiple roles for U.S. Congressman Brian Babin (TX-36), most recently as Legislative Correspondent, and managed his religious freedom and values portfolio.

Her work may be found in Fox News, Washington Examiner, Washington Times, The Daily Signal, the Educational Freedom Institute, and more. She graduated summa cum laude from Lamar University with a double major in Economics and Finance and has a certificate in Humanizing Education Policy from the Pepperdine School of Public Policy.