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Emerson Fellow

Kate Mitchell-Tombras

13th Class, 2006-2007

Kate graduated magna cum laude from Duke University in 2004 with a degree in Public Policy Studies, Women's Studies, and Spanish.  At Duke, Kate was active in student government, research, service learning, and campus dance organizations.  After graduation, she spent a year in Moshi, Tanzania as a Hart Fellow conducting research on children's rights and working for a legal aid organization.  Kate has worked in D.C. as a research analyst for an independent media company and as an intern in the Office of Representative James McGovern.

Field placement: Alliance for Fair Food

Immokalee, Florida

Policy placement: U.S. House of Representatives Hunger Caucus

Washington, D.C.