Gagan Gupta

Gagan is a 2007 graduate of Davidson College where he received a full-merit Baker Scholarship and earned a degree in political science.  A native of Belmont, North Carolina, he helped his local school system become one of the first in the country to eliminate junk food from its vending machines.  Gagan served on Davidson’s student government for four years, and was senior class president.  He helped organize a student social change movement on campus, conducted research on protracted conflicts in Sudan and the Horn of Africa, taught English and volunteered at a food pantry in Spain, and conducted research on nutrition and water sanitation in refugee camps inIndia.

Field placement: Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans and Acadiana

New Orleans, Louisiana

Policy placement: RESULTS

Washington, D.C.