Allegra earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Communications from the University of Miami, where she double-majored in Motion Pictures and English. After participating in alternative break trips focused on worker rights, Allegra co-founded and co-facilitated the campus Living Wage Coalition, which was instrumental in establishing health benefits for maintenance … Read more
Roxanne Caines
Roxanne is originally from Atlanta, Georgia and she received her Bachelor’s degree from Howard University with a speech communications major and psychology minor. Roxanne’s interest in education led her to teach English in Japan for two years with the JET Programme. She has also worked with several youth-centered organizations in … Read more
Patience Peabody
Patience, a Washington, D.C. native, graduated with honors in 2003 from Hampton University where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing. At Hampton, Patience was inducted into the Student Leadership Program where she served on the community service and public relations committees. She has worked on a variety … Read more
Corina Bullock
Corina, originally from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture and Sustainable Systems from Berea College in Kentucky. She has tutored and mentored community school children, studied cultural anthropology in Kenya, and worked on organic farms in Ireland. Corina also … Read more
Heather Axford
Heather is a 2003 graduate of Vassar College with a major in History, and spent a semester studying at the Instituto Cultural in Oaxaca, Mexico. She served on the Executive Committee of Vassar College Hunger Action for three years, spent two summers working with the Poughkeepsie Farm Project and the … Read more
Deanna Wilson
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
Laura Tatum
Laura graduated from Bowdoin College in 2004 with a BA in sociology and Spanish. She served on the Common Good Grant Committee and was involved in a variety of volunteer programs on poverty and education at Bowdoin. She studied abroad in La Paz, Bolivia, interned at a family support center, … Read more
Judy Stermer
Judy earned a Bachelor of Arts in sociology and religious studies from the University of Dayton. She was involved in the Center for Social Concern where she developed programs for the Dayton Campfire Boys and Girls and for the Summer Appalachia Program. Judy also spent time in Guatemala studying Spanish and working … Read more
Micah Schwartz
Micah graduated in 2003 from the University of Virginia with a B.A. in political and social thought. He completed an honors thesis on the welfare reformsof the Clinton administration and served as student body president. After graduation, Micah spent a year teaching and coaching at a boarding school in the … Read more
Shawn Powers
Shawn graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Williams College with a degree in economics. He served for three years as director of Williams Recovery of All Perishable Surplus (WRAPS), which distributes surplus dining hall food to agencies serving the needy in northern Berkshire County, Massachusetts. Shawn also organized and led alternative … Read more
David Pedulla
David graduated from Boston College in the spring of 2004 with a degree in history. He has worked to combat hunger and homelessness at Haley House, a multi-service organization for homeless men in Boston, and through an internship as an organizer on issues of transportation and racial justice. He also … Read more
Sarah Osmer
Sarah graduated summa cum laude from Emory University with a BA in sociology and religion, and a minor in community building and social change. She participated in the Kenneth Cole Fellowship in Community Building and Social Change, studied abroad in Costa Rica, and wrote an honors thesis on mixed-income housing. … Read more