Nikita Barai

Nikita graduated with honors from Cornell University in 2006 with a degree in Urban and Regional Studies. At Cornell, she became a certified Emergency Medical Technician, tutored low-income high school students for the SAT, studied in Washington, D.C. and Rome, and wrote an honors thesis on low-income women's access to social services in drug treatment. Originally from Munster, Indiana, Nikita has worked with Museum Campus Chicago, the Boston Healthcare for the Homeless Program, the Office of Indiana Senator Evan Bayh, the Neonatology Department at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and a Chicago area HIV clinic.

Field placement: Food & Friends

Washington, D.C.

Policy placement: Families USA

Washington, D.C.