MEDIA & SPEAKING
Media.
LyLena Estabine is a housing and pension policy expert, writer, and speaker. She explains complicated policy in plain language — on air and on camera — and serves as a trusted source for news stories.
She has also been featured on radio and podcasts in Illinois and across the country.
RECENT TELEVISION APPEARANCES
RECENT INTERVIEWS
Center Square
Expert: Illinois’ outdated tax law leaves homeowners, taxpayers on the hook
Speaking.
LyLena Estabine is an experienced public speaker on policy, freedom, and human dignity.
RECENT ENGAGEMENTS
Illinois Libertarian Convention
Introduction to Illinois finances
Palatine Township, Cook County
Drivers of high property taxes
Harvard College
How ownership and trust influence urban development
FOR PRODUCERS AND ORGANIZERS
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LyLena D. Estabine is the senior policy analyst at the Illinois Policy Institute, specializing in pension reform, housing affordability and poverty alleviation. Her work has appeared in popular outlets such as the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Crain’s Chicago Business and Real Clear Markets.
She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Data Analytics from Harvard University. Her award-winning honors thesis, “Shaping Chicago,” used mixed-methods research to examine how ownership and trust among residents and planners shape urban development in Chicago.
