# 2025 Recipients [### Michelle Balderrama ](/people/michelle-balderrama)Harvard College Office of the Commonwealth’s Attorney | Culpeper, Virginia Michelle Balderrama is a rising senior at Harvard College studying Government, Neuroscience, and Philosophy. A proud daughter of Bolivian immigrants and native of Culpeper, Virginia, Michelle is... ![Michelle Balderrama](/sites/g/files/omnuum996/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-06/Balderrama_Headshot.jpg?itok=A2gopQyM) [### Drew Barker ](/people/drew-barker)Harvard Graduate School of Education Arlington Public Schools | Arlington, MA Drew Barker is an Ed.L.D. student at Harvard Graduate School of Education and is passionate about closing a significant data-management gap in the education sector. This summer, he will work with Arlington Public... ![Drew Barker](/sites/g/files/omnuum996/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-06/Barker%20Headshot.jpg?itok=3X2Y8wNx) [### Chloe Call ](/people/chloe-call)Harvard College Utah Legal Services | Salt Lake City, UT Chloe Call, a rising Junior in Kirkland House, is pursuing a concentration in History at Harvard College. Ever since she took a writing class on the U.S. prison system her first semester, Chloe has sought ways to... ![Chloe Call](/sites/g/files/omnuum996/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-06/Call%20Headshot.JPG?itok=rqHWIQnu) [### Erica Chen ](/people/erica-chen)Harvard College Community Health Advocates | New York, NY Erica Chen is a rising junior at Harvard College, studying Human Developmental and Regenerative Biology, and Cognitive Neuroscience and Evolutionary Psychology. She is deeply passionate about patient rights... ![Erica Chen](/sites/g/files/omnuum996/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-06/Chen%20Headshot.jpg?itok=sLQwWrBC) [### Ryan Jung ](/people/ryan-jung)Harvard College Legal Outreach, Inc. | New York, NY Ryan Jung is a Korean-American teacher and philosopher, originally from Irvine, California. At Harvard, he studies Social Studies and Philosophy with a secondary in Educational Studies. His research focuses on the aims... ![Ryan Jung](/sites/g/files/omnuum996/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-06/Jung_headshot.jpg?itok=2aL3mXEc) [### Jack Kelly ](/people/jack-kelly)Harvard College United States Commission on Civil Rights | Washington, DC Jack Kelly is a rising senior at Harvard College double concentrating in government and applied mathematics. He is passionate about using the tools of math, statistics, and computer science to... ![Jack Kelly](/sites/g/files/omnuum996/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-06/Kelly%20Headshot.jpg?itok=wjIGeUJE) [### Victor M. Lee ](/people/victor-m-lee)Harvard Graduate School of Education Arlington Public Schools | Arlington, MA Victor M. Lee is a Doctoral Student in Education Leadership at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Chair of Advocacy for the Harvard Graduate Council. He is a seasoned senior executive with expertise... ![Victor M. Lee](/sites/g/files/omnuum996/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-06/Lee%20headshot.jpg?itok=IsD0xrCP) [### Eana X. Meng ](/people/eana-x-meng)Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences We Got Us | Cambridge, MA Eana X. Meng is training to become a historian of medicine and a primary care physician, as a MD-PhD candidate at Harvard Medical School and the Department of History of Science. She cares about documenting the lives of the... ![Eana X. Meng](/sites/g/files/omnuum996/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-06/Meng%20photo%20small.JPG?itok=3AZ3q80L) [### Jose F. Oliva ](/people/jose-f-oliva)Harvard Graduate School of Education Massachusetts Executive Office of Education | Boston, MA Massachusetts’ New Statewide High School Graduation Requirement José F. Oliva is a doctoral student at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. This summer, he is supporting the Massachusetts... ![Jose F. Oliva](/sites/g/files/omnuum996/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-06/Oliva%20headshot.jpg?itok=YV1aZLvr) [### Tina D. Purnat ](/people/tina-d-purnat)Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene | New York, NY Addressing information ecosystems as social determinants of health Tina D. Purnat is a Doctor of Public Health candidate and Prajna Leadership Fellow at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of... ![Tina D. Purnat](/sites/g/files/omnuum996/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-06/Purnat%20photo.jpg?itok=tjd5eep_) [### Alejandra "Ale" Rosa ](/people/alejandra-ale-rosa)Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Casa Silvana | Puerto Rico Alejandra ‘Alé’ Rosa is an Afro Puerto Rican PhD candidate at Harvard University. Rosa is anchored at the African & African American Studies Department and works in collaboration with the Critical Media Practice program. Her... ![Alejandra "Ale" Rosa](/sites/g/files/omnuum996/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-06/Rosa%20headshot%202%20small.jpg?itok=5FwaXSVs) [### Harry Shanmugam ](/people/harry-shanmugam)Harvard Medical School MassHealth | Boston, MA Harry Shanmugam is a MD student at Harvard Medical School passionate about the policy decisions that shape patient experiences and outcomes. This summer, he will be working at MassHealth to evaluate and implement strategies to... ![Harry Shanmugam](/sites/g/files/omnuum996/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-06/Shanmugam%20headshot.jpg?itok=bzA1G97Z) [### Nora Sun ](/people/nora-sun)Harvard College The Fenway Institute | Boston, MA Community behavioral health interventions for self-harm, disordered eating, suicidality, and substance use among intersectional sexual and gender diverse populations Nora Sun is a rising junior in Quincy House at Harvard... ![Nora Sun](/sites/g/files/omnuum996/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-06/Sun%20headshot%20face.jpg?itok=Hyx9qPsn) [### Helen Yan ](/people/helen-yan)Harvard College Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program | Cambridge, MA Helen Yan is a Chinese-American activist and legal advocate raised in Massachusetts. She is the daughter of two hard working immigrant restaurant owners whose story has inspired her to care... ![Helen Yan](/sites/g/files/omnuum996/files/styles/hwp_4_5__690x865/public/2025-06/Yan%20headshot.jpg?itok=tKthzMxd)