Marie Lawrence

Marie graduated from Duke University in 2010 with a degree in public policy studies. She served as a soup kitchen volunteer, the moderator of Duke’s Presbyterian campus ministry, and a member of United in Praise gospel choir. She interned in the education and health care departments at United Way of New York City and with the Food Policy Coordinator in the New York City Office of the Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services. She completed an honors thesis on the relationship between access to food stores and chain retail pharmacies in New York City.

Field placement: Wildfire

Phoenix, Arizona

Policy placement: National Conference of State Legislatures

Washington, D.C.