Past Recipients
Past Recipients
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2025
2025 FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
2024
2024 FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS
Kashish Bastola
Harvard College
Louisiana Capital Assistance Center | New Orleans, Louisiana Kashish Bastola is a Nepali-American writer and historian, born in Birmingham, Alabama and raised in North Texas. Kashish is an archivist who is passionate about oral histories and works with...
Jessenia Class
Harvard Law School
Public Justice / Washington D.C & Oakland, CA Jessenia Class (she/her) is a third-year student at Harvard Law School interested in conditions of confinement and environmental justice. This summer, as a General Litigation Law Clerk at Public Justice, she...
Marie Davidson
Harvard Kennedy School
Boston Mayor’s Office of Early Childhood | Boston, MA Marie Davidson, originally from St. Louis, Missouri, is currently pursuing a Master’s in Public Policy degree at the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) with a concentration in Social and Urban Policy. Prior...
Pranav Ganta
Harvard College
Lumiere Health International | New York, NY Pranav Ganta is a rising senior at Harvard College studying Neuroscience with a concurrent masters in Chemical Biology and a secondary in Global Health and Health Policy. Currently the chair of the Medical Law...
Coby Garcia
Harvard College
IUPUI Upward Bound | Indianapolis, IN Coby Garcia, a rising senior studying Biomedical Engineering and Government with a secondary in Education, is a dedicated advocate of educational equity. This summer, he will work with Upward Bound, the oldest...
Conner Huey
Harvard College
Purpose. Dignity. Action | Seattle, WA Conner Huey is a rising senior in Dunster House pursuing a joint concentration in Government and History with a secondary in European History, Politics, and Societies. Born and raised in a rural working-class Navy...
Fangzhou Jiang
Harvard Kennedy School
Office of the Mayor | Memphis, TN Fangzhou (FZ) Jiang is a Master in Public Administration candidate at the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS). As one of the Transition Fellows at HKS, FZ worked with the newly elected Major of Memphis to identify strategic...
Amiel Katz
Harvard College
Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic | Cambridge, MA Amiel Katz is a rising senior at Harvard College studying History and Literature with a focus on Immigration and Asylum law, and Global Health and Health Policy. She is a dedicated advocate for...
Michael Liu
Harvard Medical School
Executive Office of Health and Human Services | Boston, MA Michael Liu is a MD student at Harvard Medical School passionate about addressing health inequities among vulnerable populations through research, policy, and advocacy. This summer, he will be...
Ouleye Ndoye
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Office of National AIDS Policy | Washington, D.C. Ouleye Ndoye is a global leader in health and human rights with over a decade of experience in government, non-profits, and academia. She has worked, taught, and studied in Africa, Asia, the Middle East...
Ana Paulina Serrano
Harvard College
Sara McKnight Transitional Living Center | El Paso, Texas Ana Paulina Serrano is a rising senior studying Neuroscience at Harvard College and is from El Paso, Texas. During her freshman year, Ana Paulina took a course where she learned about the history...
Riya Sood
Harvard Law School
NAACP Legal Defense Fund | Washington, DC Riya Sood is a third-year student at Harvard Law School. Since before starting her legal work, she has been a dedicated advocate for reproductive justice, voting rights, and gender equality, and she has continued...
Haley Stark
Harvard College
Harvard Undergraduate Disability Justice | Cambridge, MA Haley Stark, a rising senior in Quincy House, is pursuing a double concentration in Psychology and Theater, Dance & Media at Harvard College. Recognized twice as a John Harvard Scholar, Haley's...
Riley Sutherland
Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Salus Populi Project | Liberty, Missouri & Washington, D.C. Riley Sutherland is a rising second-year Ph.D. student in History with a secondary field in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality studies. At Harvard, her research focuses on nineteenth-century U.S...
Jesse Tang
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Colorado Department of Education | Denver, CO Jesse Tang is currently a doctoral student at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where he is pursuing his Ed.L.D. The son of immigrants from Hong Kong and Thailand, Jesse was inspired to enter the field...
Dina Zingaro
Harvard Law School & Harvard Divinity School
Southern Poverty Law Center | Atlanta, GA Dina M. Zingaro is a dual degree candidate in law and religion at Harvard Law School and Harvard Divinity School (JD/MDiv), focusing on women, sex, gender, and the body. She seeks to change the way the American...
2023
2023 FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS
Hilary Adeleke
Harvard College
Boston Healthcare for the Homeless | Boston, MA Hilary Adeleke is a rising senior in Cabot House studying History of Science with a secondary in Global Health and Health Policy. On campus, she is deeply involved with high school mentorship through...
Tarina Ahuja
Harvard College
National Sikh Youth Council Tarina Ahuja is a rising senior at Harvard College studying Social Studies with a focus on Political Empathy and Ethnicity, Migration, and Rights. She is dedicated to building just institutions grounded in empathy. Her passions...
Tala Alfoqaha
Harvard Law School
Trial Division of the Public Defender Service | Washington D.C. Tala Alfoqaha is a third-year law student at Harvard. Since beginning law school, she has worked at the intersection of individualized public defense and system-wide criminal justice reform...
Everton Blair, Jr.
Harvard Graduate School of Education
The Education Trust | Washington DC Everton Blair, Jr. is a doctoral student in education leadership (EdLD) at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. This summer, Everton will be working with partner organizations and state directors at The Education...
Lisa Cenca
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Chilchinbeto Community School | Arizona As a first-generation college student and the daughter of Italian immigrants, Lisa experienced firsthand how the lack of education negatively impacted many important women in her life. This realization was...
Emmy Cho
Harvard College
Appellate Advocacy Center | Chicago, IL Emmy Cho is a rising senior in Eliot House studying History. She is committed to historical approaches to enduring legal issues and the intersections between law and literature. Emmy is the current president of the...
Ryan Kim
Harvard College
Community Health Advocates | New York Ryan Kim is a rising junior at Harvard College, studying Human Developmental and Regenerative Biology, and Global Health and Health Policy. At the start of his sophomore year, Ryan began working with Community Health...
Mira Lerner
Harvard Law School
Center for Reproductive Rights | Washington D.C. Mira Lerner (she/her) is a third-year student at Harvard Law School interested in confronting sources of extreme social and economic inequities in access to reproductive health care in the U.S. This summer...
Gustavo Luna
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Chilchinbeto Community School | Arizona Gustavo Luna, is a doctoral candidate in education leadership (Ed.L.D) at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. As a first-generation college graduate, immigrant, and dual language learner from a low...
Sarosh Nagar
Harvard College
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | Washington, D.C. Sarosh Nagar was a 2023 Presidential Public Service Fellow (PPSF), where he worked at the Centers for Disease Control and Development (CDC) on issues related to emerging biotechnologies and...
LaShyra Nolen
Harvard Medical School/Harvard Kennedy School
Boston Public Health Commission | Boston, MA LaShyra “Lash” Nolen is a writer, activist, and dual-degree MD/MPP student at Harvard Medical School and Harvard Kennedy School of Government, where she is serving as student council president of her medical...
Lucy Tu
Harvard College
American Association for the Advancement of Science | New York, NY Lucy Tu is a Chinese-American writer and journalist, originally from Omaha, Nebraska. At Harvard, Lucy studies Sociology and the History of Science with a secondary in Neuroscience. Her...
Shashank Vura
Harvard Law School
Earthjustice Oceans Program | San Francisco, CA Shashank Vura is a second-year law student specializing in natural resources governance and environmental justice. He aspires to a career at the crossroads of domestic and international law, ameliorating...
Joseph Wilson, Jr.
Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
New England Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit | Boston, MA Joseph Wilson, Jr. is from Augusta, GA and is a first-year Ph.D. student in Population Health Sciences (Environmental Health track). His research interests center around children’s...
2022
2022 FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS
Ashri Anurudran
Harvard Medical School
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence | Denver, CO Ashri Anurudran graduated from Harvard College in 2019 with a degree in Economics and a minor in Global Health and completed a MPhil in Public Health at the University of Cambridge in 2020. Growing...
Juliana Chang
Harvard Law School
A Better Balance | New York, NY Juliana Chang is a Taiwanese-American poet and first-year law student at Harvard Law School. Both her art and her legal work seek to address the devaluation of caretaking and care work in social and legal contexts. Juliana...
Jen Cruz
Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Allston-Brighton Health Collaborative | Boston, MA Jen Cruz , MPH (she/her) is a first-generation Population Health Sciences PhD student in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Jen was born and raised in Wapato, WA – a small, rural community...
Jessica DeVos
Harvard Divinity School
Integrated Immigrant and Refugee Services | New Haven, Connecticut For nearly a decade, Jessica has served in a wide variety of roles assisting with refugee resettlement. After spending the spring of 2019 at the Joel Nafuma Refugee Center in Rome, Italy...
Salma Elsayed
Harvard College
The Legal Aid Society | New York, NY Salma Elsayed is a rising senior in Dunster House from Queens, New York. She is studying Social Studies with a focus on Education, Technology, and Inequality and a secondary in Computer Science. On campus, she is...
Tosca Langbert
Harvard College
CPCS Public Defender Division Trial Office | Quincy, MA Tosca Langbert is a rising junior in Quincy House concentrating in Social Studies with a secondary in Art, Film, and Visual Studies. Her studies focus on American Law and Surveillance, and she is...
Jenny Le
Harvard College
Philips Brooks House Association | Cambridge, MA Jenny Le is a first-generation, low-income Vietnamese-American born and raised on Long Island, New York. She is a rising-junior living in Cabot House at Harvard College and studies Government with a...
Oscar Mairena
Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Victory Programs | Boston, MA Oscar Mairena (he/him) is a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) student and Prajna Leadership Fellow at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He is an experienced public policy and communications professional who has...
Nathan Mallipeddi
Harvard Medical School
Stuttering Scholarship Alliance Nathan Mallipeddi is a first-year MD/MBA student at Harvard Medical School and Stanford Graduate School of Business. Nathan Mallipeddi graduated summa cum laude with honors from UCLA in 2020, where he received a B.S in...
Girish Pendse
Harvard Kennedy School
Office of the Mayor Economic and Neighboorhood Development Team | Chicago, IL Girish Pendse is first-year Master in Public Administration student at the Harvard Kennedy School. This summer, he will be working for the Chicago Mayor’s Office within their...
Ariel Silverman
Harvard College
Environmental Law Insitute | Washington DC Ariel is a rising senior in Mather House studying Social Studies and Environmental Science & Public Policy. Originally from Boston, Ariel has worked in locations ranging from Homer, Alaska to Ushuaia, Argentina...
Bill Tan
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Let's Read in Two Languages | New York, NY Bill Tan is a Master of Education candidate at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. He is passionate about eliminating the language barrier for marginalized communities and delighting children and grownups...
Jack Taylor
Harvard College
Louisiana Capital Assistance Center | New Orleans, LA Jack Taylor hails from Sydney, Australia and has a passion for law, foreign policy, and human rights. As a junior at Harvard College, Jack studies History and Literature with a focus in French studies...
2021
2021 FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS
Aaron Abai
Harvard College
Partners in Health | Boston, MA Aaron Abai is a first-generation Ethiopian-American born in Las Vegas, Nevada and raised in Littleton, Colorado. A rising-senior at Harvard College, Aaron studies Molecular & Cellular Biology with a secondary in African and...
Amanda Aiken
Harvard Graduate School of Education
New Schools for New Orleans | New Orleans, LA From kindergarten through high school, Amanda Aiken only had one black teacher, Mrs. Lawrence. Her impact on fourth-grade Amanda was profound and lasting. This experience pushed Amanda to want to become a...
Rena Cohen
Harvard College
Americans for the Arts | Washington, D.C. and New York, NY Rena Cohen is a rising senior in Cabot House at Harvard College concentrating in Statistics with a secondary in Women, Gender, and Sexuality. As an avid musician, she hopes to dedicate her life to...
Emily Cosgrove
Harvard Divinity School
St. Louis Family Violence Council | St. Louis, MO Emily Cosgrove is a graduate student at Harvard Divinity School with a focus in women, gender, sexuality, and religion. She was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri and earned her bachelor’s degree in...
Brian Gaston
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Coalition of Schools Educating Boys of Color | Cambridge, MA Brian Gaston knows firsthand the challenges faced by students of color in marginalized communities. He attended underserved schools in his hometown of Houston, Texas, yet did not allow his...
Swathi Kella
Harvard College
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest | New York, NY Swathi Kella is a rising junior at Harvard College hailing from the garden state. She is concentrating in Social Studies with a secondary in Spanish. Swathi is passionate about working at the...
César Monarrez
Harvard Kennedy School
Guidehouse | Boston, MA César Monarrez is a dual degree MBA+MPA student between the MIT Sloan School of Management and the Harvard Kennedy School. A Chicago native, César graduated from Harvard College in 2015 with an AB in Chemistry. As a dual degree...
Himaja Nagireddy
Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
State Senator Jo Comerford | Boston, MA Himaja Nagireddy is a proud first-generation Indian American from Acton, MA. She graduated from the University of Connecticut in 2020 with Bachelor of Science degrees in Physiology & Neurobiology and Molecular &...
Mira Naseer
Harvard Law School
ACLU Immigrants' Rights Project | New York, NY Mira Naseer is a second-year student at Harvard Law School. This summer, she will be working at the ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project where she will be assisting with impact litigation and legal advocacy for...
Nidhi Patel
Harvard College
Urban Indigenous Collective | New York, NY New Jersey Governor's Office | Trenton, NJ Nidhi Patel is a rising senior in Eliot House from New Jersey. She studies Government and Neuroscience and is passionate about advocacy related to gender violence, and...
Thu Pham
Harvard College
Boston Refugee Youth Enrichment | Boston, MA Thu Pham is a rising junior from Fort Worth, Texas, pursuing a joint concentration in Computer Science and Statistics, a secondary in Educational Studies, and citation in Spanish. This summer, she is ecstatic...
Elizabeth Poulos
Harvard Divinity School
Promise Arizona | Phoenix, AZ Elizabeth (Liz) Poulos was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. She attended Williams College where she earned a B.A. in History and a Certificate in French. During college, Elizabeth organized for immigration reform and...
2020
2020 FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS
Jessica Ball
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Project: Office of the Mayor, Libby Schaaf. Oakland, CA. Creating a strategic implementation plan for increasing teacher retention. Jessica Ball’s initial interest in education was rooted in wanting to tell more well-rounded stories about students in...
Melissa Cedillo
Harvard Divinity School
Project: Faith in Public Life. Orlando, FL. Campaign Associate. Advocating and organizing for voting rights. Melissa Cedillo was born and raised in California's Coachella Valley. She attended Loyola Marymount University (LMU) in Los Angeles where she...
Akosua Dankwah
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Project: The Rhode Island Executive Office of the Health and Human Services. Health Systems Transformation Project to reinvent the Medicaid program by addressing the social determinants of health. Akosua Dankwah is a Doctor of Public Health candidate at...
Omolara O. Fatiregun
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Project: The New York Foundling. New York, NY. Implementation Assistant. Fair Future Initiative. Providing services for child welfare. Omolara O. Fatiregun is the daughter of Nigerian immigrants. Like many immigrants’ kids, the idea of education as the...
Diego Garcia Blum
Harvard Kennedy School
Project: Human Rights Campaign Foundation. Washington, DC. Addressing the Crisis of LGBTQ Violence and Discrimination Abroad Diego Garcia Blum currently studies at the Harvard Kennedy School as a fellow at the Center for Public Leadership. He serves as...
Suhas Gondi
Harvard Medical School/Harvard Business School
Project: Commonwealth Care Alliance. Boston, MA. Community-based healthcare organization dedicated to improving care for individuals who are dually eligible for MassHealth (Medicaid)and Medicare with complex medical, behavioral health and social needs...
Mark Haidar
Harvard Law School/Harvard Kennedy School
Project: Brennan Center for Justice. New York, NY. Democracy Program. Assisting attorneys. Mark Haidar is a joint JD/MPP candidate at Harvard Law School and the Harvard Kennedy School. A native of metro Detroit, Mark graduated from the University of...
Laura Jenny
Harvard College
Project: Strategies for Youth. Cambridge, MA. Intern. Youth Trauma Initiative. Policy and training organization dedicated to improving police/youth interactions and reducing disproportionate minority contact. Laura Jenny is a senior at Harvard College...
Humza Jilani
Harvard College
Project: Tech Against Terrorism. United Nations (UN). Research Intern. Tech Against Terrorismis working on behalf of the UN CTED to support the global tech industry to tackle terroristexploitation of their technologies. Humza Jilani is a rising senior in...
Amisha Kambath
Harvard College
Project : Ella Baker Center for Human Rights. Oakland, CA. Research and policy projects related to transformative justice and responses to violence and the city of Oakland’s strategic plan. Amisha Kambath is a rising junior in Dunster House at Harvard...
Ryan Keen
Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences/Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Project: Massachusetts General Hospital Rural Public Health and Community Medicine. Intern.Boston, MA & Rosebud, SD. Working on the Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board on avariety of palliative, cancer, and serious illness health care programs for...
Diego Navarrete
Harvard College
Project: Kids in Need of Defense (KIND). Los Angeles, CA. Offering social and legal services to unaccompanied minors in Los Angeles. Diego Navarrete is a rising senior at Harvard College studying Government with a secondary in Ethnicity, Migration, &...
Emily Romero Gonzalez
Harvard College
Project: Make the Road New York. New York, NY. Communications Intern. Immigrant Services. Building the power of immigrant and working-class communities to achieve dignity and justice. Emily Romero Gonzalez was born in Trujillo, Peru and raised in Stamford...
Tamara Shamir
Harvard College
Project: Texas RioGrande Legal Aid (TRLA) Family Detention Project. Dilley, TX. Provides free civil legal services to asylum-seeking women and children who are detained at the South Texas Family Residential Center (STFRC). Tamara Shamir is a senior at...
Meena Venkataramanan
Harvard College
Project: The Texas Tribune. Austin, TX. Newsroom Reporting Fellow. Meena Venkataramanan is a rising undergraduate senior from Tucson, Arizona pursuing a joint AB degree in English Literature and South Asian Studies. This summer, she is excited to be a...
2019
2019 FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS
Steven Chambers
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Houston Independent School District – closing the achievement gap & mentorship Houston, Texas Ohio native and graduate of Hampton University, Steven Chambers , is an educator, minister, and community leader who pulls from his experiences as classroom...
DeAnza Cook
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Montpelier’s Robert H. Smith Center for the Constitution - policing curriculum Orange, Virginia DeAnza Cook is a Presidential Scholar and doctoral student of United States History at the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. She graduated with...
D Dangaran
Harvard Law School
Sylvia Rivera Law Project - low Income transgender clients direct service & ACLU - litigation for LGBTQ New York, New York D Dangaran is a second year student at Harvard Law School originally from Wahiawa, Hawaii. They are interested in intersectional...
Anna Del Castillo
Harvard Divinity School
Healing and Resilience Initiative of the Faith Matters Network - Training faith leaders to expand movement chaplaincy Nashville, Tennessee Anna Del Castillo is a proud Mississippian, second generation Peruvian-Bolivian immigrant, womanist scholar, and...
Elijah Christopher DeVaughn, Jr
Harvard College
ACLU - National Prison Project Washington,D.C. Elijah Christopher DeVaughn, Jr. is a Compton, California native whose faith drives his commitment serve. Raised by an educator, Elijah understood from an early age the value of public service and its ability...
Amanda Figueroa
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
DC Public Library – public events to support artists and community engagement Washington, D.C Amanda Figueroa is a 3rd year PhD candidate in American Studies, originally from the El Paso-Cd. Juárez borderland. She is a graduate of Mary Baldwin College and...
Micah Johnson
Harvard Medical School
Congressman Lloyd Doggett - healthcare legislation Washington,D.C. Micah Johnson is an MD candidate at Harvard Medical School. He graduated from Yale University with a BS in biochemistry and neuroscience, and earned a degree in philosophy, politics, and...
Denisse Marquez
Harvard Kennedy School of Government/Icahn School of Medicine, Mt. Sinai
AAMC Office of Govt Relations - health and education policy & program eval practices Washington, D.C. Denisse Rojas Marquez envisions a health care system where no individual is excluded. Growing up as an undocumented immigrant, she and her family had...
Allison Pao
Harvard College
Breakthrough Collaborative - teaching fellow Boston, Massachusetts Allison Pao is a sophomore in Leverett House at Harvard College concentrating in Social Studies with a focus field in Education and Culture. This summer, she looks forward to gain...
Will Penzer
Harvard College
Team Rubicon – disaster relief to veterans Los Angeles, California Will Penzer is a rising junior at Harvard College from New York City. On campus he volunteers with the Mission Hill After School Program through the Phillips Brooks House Association and...
Michele Rudy
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Esperanza Project for National Ministries - summer program for unaccompanied migrant youth Phoenix, Arizona Michele Rudy is a doctoral candidate in Education Leadership (Ed.L.D) at Harvard Graduate School of Educaton. She has organized for education...
Sam Throm
Harvard College
Congresswoman Cindy Axne – legislative internship Des Moines, Iowa Sam Throm is a junior at Harvard College studying Government and French originally hailing from West Des Moines, Iowa. His interest in domestic policy and its applications began in his...
Eun Sung Yang
Harvard Law School
Phil District Attorney’s Office intern - reducing incarceration & criminal justice system reform Philadelphia, PA Eun Sung Yang is from Korea and a JD student at Harvard Law School pursuing a career in criminal justice reform and capacity building. Prior...
Stephanie Zhao
Harvard College
The Family Van – referral management system and continuity of care for mobile health serv. Boston, Massachusetts Stephanie Zhao is a rising junior in Cabot House studying Biology and Health Policy. On campus, she devotes her time as a director of the...
2018
2018 FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS
Sarah Bourland
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Raleigh, NC Sarah Bourland is a first year Masters in Public Health student in Health Policy at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health. After growing up in rural North Carolina, Sarah studied...
Imani Franklin
Harvard Law School/Harvard Kennedy School
Southern Center for Human Rights Atlanta, GA Imani Franklin is a JD student at Harvard Law School and an MPP student at the Harvard Kennedy School, where she is part of the Dubin Fellows Program for Emerging Leaders. Imani plans to commit her career to...
Corey Gold
Harvard College
Cambridge Youth Enrichment Program Cambridge, MA Corey Gold is a student at Harvard College who grew up in Baltimore, Maryland. After spending a year and a half studying ancient Jewish texts in Jerusalem, he now concentrates his studies at Harvard in...
Maetal Haas-Kogan
Harvard College
San Francisco Department of Public Health, Jail Behavioral Health and Reentry Services San Francisco, CA Maetal is a junior in Leverett House, studying History of Science and Global Health and Health Policy. Originally from San Francisco, California...
Elizabeth Herington
Harvard College
American Enterprise Institute Washington, D.C. Elizabeth Herington is a rising junior in Pforzheimer House studying Economics. On campus, she is involved with the Harvard Model Congress, where she teaches high school students from around the world about...
Tyler Hester
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Homeboy Industries Los Angeles, CA Tyler Hester is a student at the Graduate School of Education. Prior to Harvard, Tyler spent four years as an English teacher and five years leading Teach for America in Richmond, California. Tyler’s passion for...
Chris Kuang
Harvard College
Coding it Forward Washington, D.C. Chris Kuang is a sophomore in Lowell House studying Applied Mathematics and Economics. He is passionate about politics, civic engagement, traveling, and New England Patriots football. At Harvard, he is active at the...
Mateo Lincoln
Harvard College
Silkroad Boston, MA Mateo is a junior in Currier House studying Comparative Literature and Music, who works to find intersections between the arts and public service. As a pianist, music director, and composer, he strives to confront the fact that music...
Ayesha McAdams-Mahmoud
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Alameda County Deputy Sheriffs Activities League San Leandro, CA Ayesha McAdams-Mahmoud is a third-year Doctor of Science student at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, where she studies the ways art, storytelling, media, and data science can...
Sarah Sadlier
Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Lakota People's Law Project, Romero Institute Bismarck, ND Sarah Sadlier is a PhD Student in the History Department, specializing in American and Native American History with a secondary field in Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality. As an...
Ned Shell
Harvard Business School/Harvard Kennedy School
Department of Commerce, City of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA Ned Shell is a joint degree student at Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School. He received his B.A. in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania. His previous...
Lynnea Shuck
Harvard College
Earth Island Institute Berkeley, CA Lynnea Shuck is a junior in Currier House concentrating in Social Studies. She studies political theory as it relates to the environment. On campus, she enjoys bringing philosophy to the wider campus community through...
Harmann Singh
Harvard Law School
Judiciary Committee Washington, D.C. NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund New York, NY Harmann is a second-year law student from Buffalo, New York. He graduated from Columbia University, where he studied math and economics. Before law school, he worked...
Courtney Van Cleve
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Mississippi First Jackson, MS As a student, teacher, principal, and regional director in Mississippi’s public school system, Courtney Van Cleve is a product of and advocate for rural education. After graduating from Mount Holyoke College, Courtney...
Laura Veira-Ramirez
Harvard College
Urban Justice Center New York, NY Laura Veira-Ramirez is a sophomore living in Leverett House and studying History and Literature. Passionate about advocating for vulnerable populations, this summer she will intern at the Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project in...
Jessica Zhang
Harvard Law School
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund San Antonio, TX Jessica is a second-year law student from Ann Arbor, MI. After graduating from Yale in 2013, she spent a year teaching English in Cologne, Germany as a Fulbright English Teaching...
2017
2017 FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS
Lamees El-Sadek
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Class of 2019
Mississippi State Department of Health Jackson, MI
Peter Im
Harvard Law School
Class of 2018
Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division/NAACP Legal Defense Fund Washington DC/ New York, NY
Ginger Jackson-Gleich
Harvard Law School
Class of 2018
Alameda County Public Defender's Office Oakland, CA
Jesper Ke
Harvard College
Class of 2019
Greater Boston Legal Services, Elder, Health and Disability Unit Boston, MA
Matt Presser
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Class of 2019
Iowa Department of Education Des Moines, IA
Cassandra Robertson
Harvard Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
Class of 2018
Kentucky Highlands Investment Corporation London, KY
Michael Williams
Harvard Business School
Class of 2018
Detroit Black Community Food Security Network Detroit, MI
2016
2016 FELLOWSHIP RECIPIENTS
Natalie Chew
Harvard College
Class of 2017
Goddard Riverside Community Center Law Project New York, NY
Andrew Donnelly
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Class of 2019
Sunflower County Freedom Project Sunflower, MS
Michael Huggins
Harvard Kennedy School/University of Washington School of Law
Class of 2017
Leadership Conference on Ciivl and Human Rights/Education Fund Washington, DC
Jyoti Jasrasaria
Harvard Law School
Class of 2018
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) New York, NY
Sean Lo
Harvard Law School
Class of 2017
Metropolitan Public Defenders Office Portland, OR Public Defenders Office San Francisco, CA
Lavinia Mitroi
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Class of 2018
LA County Supervisor's Office Los Angeles, CA Lavinia is a second-year DrPH student at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Originally from Romania, Lavinia immigrated to the US with her family at the age of 5 and grew up in the southern...
Kevin Mott
Harvard Kennedy School/Harvard Business School
Class of 2018
White House Internship Program Washington, DC
2015
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Where are they now?
Kashish Bastola
Kashish Bastola, College '26, Fellow 2024
Jin Park
