Damon is a recent graduate of Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy, earning a Master of Public Policy degree. His studies integrated social policy analyses of topics involving financialization, social stratification, information inequalities and policy feedback processes. Previously, Damon helped relaunch COLORLINES, the online racial equity platform for Race Forward; prior to this, he managed state legislative voter-expansion campaigns for the policy organization Dēmos. Damon is based in New York City.