Megan graduated from Cornell University with honors in 2006 with a degree in Human Biology, Health and Society. She completed an honors thesis on rural food insecurity, served as a teaching assistant for a human sexuality course, and regularly organized blood drives. Megan was also a member of the Student Advisory … Read more
Takhani Kromah
Originally from Liberia, Takhani moved to Maryland in 1986. She graduated from Tufts University in 2006 with a degree in Political Science and a minor in African Studies. Highlights of her undergraduate career include a trip to Sierra Leone where she filmed a documentary on amputated war victims titled Voices … Read more
Amelia Kaye
Originally from Massachusetts, Amelia graduated with Highest Honors and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of North Carolina with a BA in Political Science and a minor in Spanish. She served as co-president of a mentoring organization, vice-president of a race-relations committee, representative on the library’s Board of Directors, and director and actor in several … Read more
Jamillah Jordan
Jamillah graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of California, Santa Cruz with a BA in Psychology and Community Studies in 2004. She has researched the effects of globalization and free trade on indigenous youth in Chiapas, Mexico and coordinated several teach-ins in California to raise awareness and link the political and … Read more
Eliberty Jimenez
Eliberty earned a BS in Policy and Management in 2006 from Carnegie Mellon University where she was a leader in the Spanish and Latin American Student Association. She also worked at an immigration law firm while completing the Public Law Program semester at American University. Eliberty served as a policy … Read more
J.P. Howard
J.P. graduated from Howard University in 2006 from the Honors Department with a degree in Political Science. At Howard, J.P. served as the youngest undergraduate member of the University’s Board of Trustees; co-founded an IB mentoring program at a local high school; and worked in the U.S. Senate, the Massachusetts … Read more
Toni Holness
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
Kaitlin Gravitt
Kaitlin graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of California at Santa Cruz in 2005, with a double major in Women’s Studies and Psychology. She spent a semester in Italy, studied Spanish in Guatemala, and researched gendered violence in the Rwandan genocide and Darfur. Kaitlin has also worked for the Los Angeles … Read more
Anyu Fang
A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Chicago, Anyu majored in Economics and studied in the University’s anthropology and political science programs in South Africa and France. He raised awareness about food and housing insecurity through community service with the Giving Tree, and led a coalition of organizations … Read more
David Coffman
David has a BA in Sustainable Development from Kentucky’s Berea College where he served as a Bonner Scholar for four years. His extensive service included leading fellow students through service activities and providing training on poverty and hunger issues in the U.S. For his senior capstone project he studied sustainable … Read more
Nikita Barai
Nikita graduated with honors from Cornell University in 2006 with a degree in Urban and Regional Studies. At Cornell, she became a certified Emergency Medical Technician, tutored low-income high school students for the SAT, studied in Washington, D.C. and Rome, and wrote an honors thesis on low-income women’s access to social … Read more
Eric Ares
Originally from Los Angeles, Eric graduated from Boston College in 2005 with a degree in History and Theology. Eric has worked with the Global Justice Project and with the Haley House, a social service center that fights hunger and homelessness in Boston. While studying abroad in El Salvador, he interned … Read more