Deanna graduated from Swarthmore College in 2004 with a sociology-anthropology major and biology minor.  She coordinated an after-school tutoring and mentoring program for high school students while participating in various community organizations that empowered targeted community members, and educated students about poverty and homelessness.  She also conducted sociological and biological … Read more

Katy earned a BA from Brown University, with a double major in political science and honors community health.  She spent studied abroad Sydney, Australia, and in Quito, Ecuador, and conducted research in Guatemala and Mexico on foreign assistance and women’s health. She worked with Oxfam in Australia, served as a … Read more

David graduated with honors from Davidson College, where he majored in English.  He was elected junior class president, tutored special needs students, served as a camp counselor for disabled teenagers, and worked with Senator Fritz Hollings to support the shrimp industry in South Carolina.  In the last two years, David … Read more

Madina graduated magna cum laude with honors from Brown University with a degree in Gender Studies and Community Health.  While at Brown, she served as the co-director of a student-run dance company, a peer French tutor, an academic advisor to first-year students, and a community health educator.  She wrote an … Read more

Toni graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2005 with a BA in Health and Societies and a concentration in International Health.  She conducted research for the Philadelphia Food Trust, worked to rectify the dearth of healthy food sources within urban communities, and participated in Mayor John Street’s Summer Internship … Read more

Raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Bianca is a 2005 graduate of the University of Chicago with a degree in human development and a focus on the social and cultural aspects of medicine.  Bianca was a McNair Scholar and presented a paper on how social support systems affect the pregnancy outcomes … Read more

David graduated from Northwestern University in 2007 with a degree in education and social policy and a minor in history.  At Northwestern, he organized youth in Chicago, volunteered at a local homeless shelter, led alternative spring break trips to Atlanta and San Francisco, earned a certificate in service learning, and … Read more

Originally from California and Oregon, Nico graduated from Smith College in 2006 with a degree in government and a minor in sociology. Nico was involved in campus organizations devoted to racial and economic justice, immigrant rights, and Transgender equality. After college, Nico worked as a Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Policy … Read more

Originally from Takoma Park, Maryland, Morenike graduated from Guilford College in 2007 with a degree in history and peace and conflict studies.  She served in leadership positions in student government, Amnesty International, NAACP, and on a delegation to Israel and Palestine.  As a Multicultural Leadership Scholar at Guilford, Morenike participated … Read more

A native of Washington, Gina graduated from Western Washington University with a degree in sociology and political science.  She worked as a research assistant for the sociology department and the Border Policy Research Institute, and was active in service projects through Collegiate Kiwanis.  Gina also interned at the Inter-university Consortium … Read more

Originally from Chicago and Las Vegas, Linda is a 2009 graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a degree in psychology and a minor in urban and regional planning. Linda served on the Minority Association for Future Attorneys, supervised at risk youth at the Urban League, advocated for … Read more

Originally from Brooklyn, New York, Cara graduated from Lafayette College in 2010 where she created an interdisciplinary major: social inequality and identity politics. Cara was a Posse Scholar as well as a 2009 Public Policy International Affairs Fellow. She served as a leader in the alternative school breaks organizations, a … Read more