We are excited to announce the 18th Class of Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellows! These hunger-fighters and social justice leaders were selected from more than 330 applications. Thank you to those alumni, supervisors, and anti-hunger friends who served on the selections committee. Below you’ll find a list of the names, colleges, and hometowns of the 18th Class of Emerson National Hunger Fellows. Welcome, members of the 18th class!
Sarah Baggé
Wheaton College/Nairobi, Kenya
Tavia Benjamin
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill/Winston-Salem, NC
Josh Blair
Centre College /Berea, KY
Allison Burket
Kenyon College/Potomac, MD
Kate Callahan
Syracuse University/Willimantic, CT
Jean Chung
Emory University/Apple Valley, MN
Ariana de Leña
University of California at Berkeley/Seattle, WA
Thomas Furstenberg-Carroll
Northeastern University/Philadelphia, PA
Theo Gibbs-Plessl
Stanford University/Tucson, Arizona
Sabrina Hamm
University of California at Berkeley/San Diego, CA
Angelynn Hermes
University of Southern California/Tucson, AZ
Samantha Hodges
Wesleyan College/St. Paul, MN
Harvir Kaur
Johns Hopkins University/Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Montae Langston
University of California at Los Angeles/Fairfield, CA
Hiram Lopez
University of California at Santa Barbara/San Diego, CA
Christina Martinez
Tufts University/Evanston, IL
Jasmine Mickens
Denison University/Newark, NJ
John Pevy
Rhodes College/Knoxville, TN
Aleta Sprague
New York University/Warrenton, VA