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Emerson Fellow

Sarah Garrett

10th Class, 2003-2004

Sarah, a New Jersey native, graduated from Wellesley College in 2003 with a degree in Urban Studies and a concentration in Education.  She has been active in a variety of community issues, including tutoring under-performing elementary school students and residents of a Family Shelter in Cambridge, Massachusetts.  During a semester at Trinity College, Sarah helped to establish and coordinate an after-school tutoring program at a shelter in Hartford and served as the Community Outreach/Public Relations Chair for the Hunger and Homelessness Campaign.

Field placement: Oregon Food Bank

Portland, Oregon

Policy placement: Evangelical Lutheran Church of America

Washington, D.C.