Student Fellowship

Bernadette established “We Are the Ones We’ve Been Waiting For,” a health education and social justice art initiative for young Southeast Asian women at risk of or engaged in sexual exploitation, with Bay Area nonprofits Asian Health Services and Banteay Srei. She went on to found Freedom Community Clinic, a Bay-Area wide public health and treatment nonprofit with multiple initiatives centered around the concept of “whole-person healing,” based on the work of her fellowship.

Bhalpriya partnered with DNA Bridge in their work to promote ethical use of current and emerging DNA technology, including reunifying families separated by armed conflicts, political repression, immigration, climate change, and disasters through DNA data matching. She produced a comprehensive report on established and emerging policies on DNA testing of migrants entering the US, its use in family reunifications at the US border, and how DNA profiles are used by the federal government to justify family separations.

Marion worked with the Media Challenge Initiative, a Uganda-based nonprofit media organization, to produce a documentary on the abuse faced by Ugandan journalists, who are routinely threatened, harassed, kidnapped, and tortured while reporting on elections, politics and corruption. She spotlit untold stories of both veteran and emerging journalists navigating press freedom and safety, and emphasized the indispensable role journalism plays in maintaining a democratic society.

Eunchong studied human rights-centered approaches to youth housing rights in South Korea. He worked with Minsnail Union, a housing rights organization that advocates for young people’s housing rights by addressing structural problems in Korean society. These include unfair laws against tenants, generational economic inequality, and discrimination against young people, women, LGBTQ people, and other minorities. Eunchong’s activities for Minsnail Union included interviewing people experiencing housing difficulties, writing articles for press releases, organizing public discussions, analyzing data, and taking part in collective actions.

Mulika partnered with the Sanergy Collaborative to address water access and sanitation problems in Kenya, where lack of sewage disposal infrastructure can lead to severe outbreaks of waterborne diseases and illness. He assessed how many people benefited from sanitation improvement campaigns and evaluated barriers and potential solutions to accessing improved sanitation in target communities, and helped to scale and replicate programs in other cities in Kenya and the larger Sub-Saharan Africa region.