Adwoa-Brittney Boateng

Adwoa-Brittney Boateng (’22, Business Administration), a Ghanaian-American raised in Atlanta, Georgia, was the first Black student to graduate from the Global Management Program at the Haas School of Business. As a 2025-2026 Princeton in Africa Fellow, she will be working at African Leadership University in Rwanda. Adwoa-Brittney’s work is centered on the development of African economies, with a focus on the education and finance sectors. Her career spans a range of industries from implementing full organization projects at Google to co-founding Aminat Venture Philanthropy in Sierra Leone, an organization dedicated […]

Annelies van Haeften

Annelies van Haeften (‘25, Global Studies/Public Policy) was born in the Netherlands and grew up between Central America, the United States, and Europe. Annelies began her Arabic studies remotely through the CLS Spark program via the University of Alexandria in the summer of 2025. Since then, she has continued to study Arabic, as well as taken an interest in Lebanese and Palestinian literature. Her MA International Relations program (Global Conflict in the Modern Era) at Leiden University focuses on “transnational nationalism” with an emphasis on narratives around immigration and gender. […]

Vinaya Sivakumar

Vinaya Sivakumar (’27, Cognitive Science/Interdisciplinary Studies) is committed to addressing the challenges posed by AI and social media, with a focus on accountability and safeguards. Growing up using social media as a teenage girl, she witnessed firsthand the harms it could cause to herself, her friends, and potentially to her younger brother. This experience has ignited her passion to ensure what she faced online would never happen again. She has since engaged in legislative lobbying, grassroots advocacy, and research at the intersection of technology, ethics, and safety. As an Obama-Chesky […]

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 […]

Stephanie Chang

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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 […]