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Janessa Reyes

Janessa Reyes (‘27, Asian American & Asian Diaspora Studies), was born and raised in San Francisco, CA. As a proud granddaughter to two Khmer Rouge genocide survivors and daughter of a single mother, her upbringing greatly fuels her passions of advocacy for immigrant and refugee rights, affordable housing, education equity, and criminal justice reform. Janessa aims to build a career in public service that is built upon advocating for vulnerable communities and making meaningful contributions to her desired issue areas. Through the Voyager Scholarship, Janessa hopes to address the impacts

Annabel Gensler

Annabel Gensler (‘27, Political Science) is passionate about improving access to legal aid and information for underserved communities. Through interning at the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office, she worked on white-collar crime cases and investigations, which sparked her interest in pursuing a legal career in public service. She has also worked actively with JusticeCorps, and directly assisted individuals navigating eviction, restraining orders, and family law matters. In the future, she hopes to launch her own nonprofit Know Your Rights legal aid clinic and expand its reach nationwide to ensure equitable

Lafayette Fellowship

Next deadline: November 30, 2025, 11:59 p.m. ET The Lafayette Fellowship supports up to 30 American students in STEM, the humanities, social sciences, and the arts, with an interest in addressing global challenges – from sustainable transitions, health, and biotechnology to peace, security, and AI – in a French-American context. The Fellowship offers full funding for one year of master’s-level study in France as well as leadership training. Candidates must apply separately for admission to one of the program’s partner institutions. Prospective applicants must make an individual advising appointment with Alicia

Princeton in Asia

Next deadline: November 2026 Princeton in Asia (PiA) fosters mutual appreciation and cross-cultural understanding between the United States and Asia through immersive one- or two-year work fellowships in host organizations and communities. Approximately 60 fellowships are awarded each year. Fellows work at some of Asia’s most innovative business and social enterprises; they teach at kindergartens, secondary schools, polytechnics, and universities; and they write for newspapers and create content for international media platforms. All host organizations provide a local living stipend, which is designed to meet a Fellow’s essential living costs

Carolyn Nguyen

Carolyn Nguyen (’26, Molecular and Cell Biology/Business Administration) is passionate about advancing next-generation therapeutics through epigenome editing, immunotherapy, and stem cell biology. At UC Berkeley, she conducts research in the lab of Dr. James Nuñez, applying CRISPR technology to modulate gene expression with the goal of advancing targeted epigenetic editing tools. With a dual background in science and business, Carolyn is particularly interested in bridging research and industry to make innovative treatments more accessible and equitable. In the future, she hopes to work at the intersection of biomedical research and

Sophia Tan

Sophia Tan (‘21, Molecular and Cell Biology/Data Science) is pursuing an MD at Stanford School of Medicine. She is fascinated with how analytic modeling can inform more effective public health interventions to mitigate infectious diseases. She hopes to bridge perspectives in public health and medicine and spearhead research that shapes more equitable health policy and improves patient care. Sophia has led research in infectious disease epidemiology, studying the impact of COVID-19 vaccines on SARS-CoV-2 risk and transmission. Her work has been used in the US Supreme Court to demonstrate the

Hannah Ousterman

Hannah Ousterman (’18, Peace and Conflict Studies) is pursuing a master’s degree in international policy at the Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences, where she will specialize in energy, natural resources, and the environment. Since graduating from UC Berkeley with highest distinction in 2018, Hannah has worked for the U.S. government on a variety of foreign policy and national security issues focused on the Middle East. Most recently, she served as an adviser to the Special Envoy for Yemen at the U.S. Department of State, supporting U.S. efforts to resolve Yemen’s

Angela Kim

Angela Kim (’26, Molecular Environmental Biology) is a climate advocate dedicated to the intersection of the environment and human health. She has spearheaded large-scale community gardens and global climate disaster recovery initiatives that have impacted more than 50,000 individuals worldwide. Angela also leads a National Hydrogen Blending Resistance Coalition and serves on the Public Health Advisory Council for Los Angeles and Orange County, where she actively shapes legislation outcomes. Driven by a lifelong commitment to social and environmental justice, Angela advocates for national policies that prioritize community well-being and cultivate a more

Kristie Moore

Kristie Moore (’26, Global Studies) is a Mexican-Slovak American from Southern California. She will use her Boren Scholarship to intensively study Tajiki Persian in Dushanbe, Tajikistan during the 2025-2026 academic year. Kristie’s academic interests include conflict, mass atrocity prevention, and migration, with a specific regional concentration in Central Asia and the South Caucasus. She received a Critical Language Scholarship in 2022 and studied Russian in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Kristie hopes to use her Persian and Russian language abilities to pursue a future career in mass atrocity prevention.

Justin Hurley

Justin Hurley (’21, Political Economy) concentrated his studies at Berkeley in international development economics and minored in Chinese. After graduation, he began working at the Center for Global Development, a think tank focused on international development and global economic policy issues, where he aims to bridge research and policy to strengthen the effectiveness of US development policy. In 2024, he participated in a delegation to China with the Shanghai Institute of International Studies to discuss US-China relations, deepening his interest in studying China’s model of economic development and its role