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, raised funds through the San Francisco AIDS Walk, and led middle-schoolers in community service activities at a camp in her hometown of Palo Alto, California.

Field placement: Central California Food Bank

Field placement: Foodlink of Tulare County

Field placement: Fresno Metro Ministry

Field placement: U.S. Department of Agriculture

Central Valley, California

Policy placement: Volunteers of America

Washington, D.C.