Justin Gibbs-Poe, Emory University
Linkedin Justin Gibbs-Poe is a senior at Emory University committed to housing justice, community-building, healing justice, and transformative justice. Justin is currently a pre-law student, intersectional feminist, activist, and yoga instructor that has an affinity for legal advocacy, public service, and mutual aid work. He has had numerous experiences in community building as president and […]
Ayla Canin, University of Iowa
Ayla (she/her/hers) is a third-year student at the University of Iowa majoring in Ethics and Public Policy and minoring in Studio Art with a Museum Studies certificate. In her spare time, she volunteers as the Art Director of the Iowa City Sunrise Movement, a group dedicated to mobilizing voters and advocating for environmental policy to […]
Autumn Saffore, University of Alabama
Autumn is a second year Masters of Public Health (MPH) candidate at The University of Alabama with a focus in Health Promotion and Education. During her time at the University of Alabama, Autumn served as graduate researching assistant in data management for the universities Covid Support program and as vaccine ambassador for the novel SARS-CoV-2. […]
Thao Nguyen, University of Texas-Austin
Thao is a junior at the University of Texas at Austin majoring in Public Health and pursuing a certificate in Scientific Computation and Data Sciences. She is passionate about healthcare and social justice issues and how they interact. While at UT, Thao has worked on a project researching the effects of COVID-19 policies on Texas communities. […]
Elizabeth Howell-Egan, Scripps College
Linkedin Elizabeth Howell-Egan is a senior Politics and Religious Studies major at Scripps College from Braintree, MA. Elizabeth is passionate about organizing, outreach, and advocacy and uses her research and writing skills to create real, positive change in the political field. She believes that housing is a human right and is driven to help people […]
Isabella Garcia, University of Notre Dame
Linkedin Isabella Garcia (she/her) is a junior Brennan Family Scholar at the University of Notre Dame studying political science, Arabic, and theology. When not working as an ACE Student Fellow, Isabella serves as a Research Assistant in Notre Dame’s American Politics Research Lab, VP of her improv comedy team, communications director of Women in International […]
Andrew Keefe, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
Andrew (Andy, he/him) is a student of International Relations with thematic courseworkin Russian and eastern European studies. His academic interests relate to foreign policy anddemocratization in the post-Soviet space. Andrew has completed semester-long projects on avariety of topics, including the Camp David Accords and the effects of information warfare onnational security. He joined ACE because […]
Lily Rademacher, University of Virginia
Linkedin Lily Rademacher is a recent graduate of Phillips Academy Andover who is currently taking a gap year before joining the University of Virginia’s Class of 2026. There, she hopes to concentrate in some combination of economics, history, and Spanish. She believes in the power of effective capital allocation to catalyze positive social and economic change, […]
Tanvi Chidambaram, Brandeis University
Linkedin Tanvi Chidambaram is originally from Houston, Texas, and is a rising junior at Brandeis University double majoring in Political Science and Sociology. She is particularly interested in studying the long-term effects of people of color and mass incarcerations as well as the intersection of gender roles and intimate partner violence in the South Asian […]
Heejae Jung, Vassar College
Linkedin Heejae Jung is a junior psychology major at Vassar College from Tenafly, New Jersey. As an avid writer and editor for Portrait, Vassar’s Asian and Asian-American literary magazine, she discovered her love for uncovering culturally diverse perspectives and creative ways to combat Americentrism. Through ACE, she looks forward to learning about international efforts to […]