Past Stipend Recipients

Below is the full list of SIG Stipends recipients.

Summer 2023 recipients

Yared Avalos ’25 – U.S. Commercial Service
Brandon Francois ’24 – U.S. Department of Education
Jose Luis Gandara ’24 – Office of Sen. Scott Wiener
Esmeralda Iglesias ’25 – Initiate Justice
Yana Kim ’26 – Citizens Housing & Planning Council (CHPC)
Karla Roman ’24 – The Every Voice Coalition
Adriana Torres Ceja ’25 – U.S. House of Representatives 29th District
Seamus Allen ’25 – FairVote
Adri Arquin ’26 – Fresh Energy
Makayta Cole ’23 – Child Poverty Action Lab
Andrew Conkey ’24 – U.S. Department of Justice
Feona Dong ’24 – Santa Clara County Public Defender’s Office
Enrique Flores ’24 – Office of European and NATO Policy, in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy
Divya Ganesan ’25 – Cyber Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
Gabriella Garcia ’24 – United Nations
Buddy Noorlander ’24 – Utah State Government
Prinston Pan ’26 – Office of United States Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
Mia Schaubhut ’25 – Louisiana Department of Education
Jerred Smith ’25 – Office of Congressman Earl Blumenauer
Leopold van den Daele ’24 – GrowSF
Lila Vandenberghe ’25 – City of Los Angeles Council District 11
Dylan Vergara ’26 – House of Representatives, Congresswoman Julia Brownley
Elijah Williams ’26 – U.S. Senator Mark Warner’s Office
Caroline Zdanowski ’25 – Office of Senator Catherine Blakespear

Summer 2022 recipients

International

• Ayesha Rahman ’24 – Center for Peace Diplomacy
• Sarah MacHarg ’24 – East Asia Institute
• Evian Jiang ’24 – International Crisis Group – Future of Conflict
• Jessica Lee – International Crisis Group – Latin America
• Gabby Crooks ’23 – UNHCR
• Ivy Manna ’24 – World Bank – Bureaucracy Lab
• Alex Chau – World Bank – Bureaucracy Lab
• Lily Lyu ’24 – World Bank – DIME

National

• Megan Olomu ’24 – FCC
• Karsen Wahal ’25 – Millennium Challenge Corporation
• Rachel Lit ’25 – National Center for Learning Disabilities
• Paloma Ronis ’25 – Library of Congress – Prints & Photographs (Liljenquist Collection)
• Mac Simpson ’23 – Office Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition & Sustainment)
  
• Lindsey McKhann ’24 – New York City Economic Development Corporation
• Kyla Guru ’24 – Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Ethan Lee ’23 – Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
• Josie Amoo – Bail Project
• Nicolas Garcia ’23 – Department of Health and Human Services
• L’Hussen Toure ’25 – National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Amira Dehmani ’24 – Library of Congress – Professional Learning and Outreach Initiatives Office 

State / County / Local

• Fabian Valerio ’24 – San Jose Parks & Recreation – Strategic Partnerships
• Joey Chen ’25 – San Jose Parks & Recreation – Park Equity (new)
• Cameron Lange ’24 – Office Under Governor Newsom
• Antonio Preciado ’25 – California Department of Education
• Ingrid Chen ’24 – Santa Clara County Office of Reentry Services
• Isabella Terrazas ’24 – CalPERS
• Ashley Nyugen ’23 – San Francisco District Attorney
• William McClain ’25 – San Jose City Auditor’s Office

Summer 2020 recipients

• Therese Santiago ’21 – US Dept of State, Office of International Labor Affairs
• Ethan Chua ’21 – Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants

Summer 2019 recipients

• Aneeqa Abid ’22 – Arkansas Economic Development Institute
• Quinn Barry ’21 – Council of Economic Advisors
• Emily Bishko ’20 – United Nations Capital Development Fund
• Sophia Boyer ’20 – Institute for the Study of War
• Sydney Brown ’21 – Office of Congressman Seth Moulton
• Rossella Cerulli ’20 – American Security Project
• Justin Daniels ’20- U.S. State Department, Rome Embassy
• Diego Dew ’20 – Office of Congressman Ruben Gallego
• Anthony Duarte ’22 – Office of Congresswoman Norma Torres
• Adam Elliot ’20 – World Health Organization
• Madison Fish ’20- UK Mission to the United Nations
• Christopher Hull ’20 – Niskanen Center
• Madison Kenney ’20 – Office of Senator Merkley
• Betsy Kim ’22 – End Rape on Campus
• Zachary Kirk ’20 – Silicon Valley Debug
• June Lee ’21 – US Department of State, Bureau of Conflict Stabilization Operations
• Andrew Lokay ’20, US Department of State – Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs
• Natalie Longmire-Kulis ‘22 – Think New Mexico
• Matthew Nissen ‘20 – Urban Displacement Project
• Jacqueline O’Neil ‘21 – American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia
• Leonardo Orsini ‘20 – Office of the Governor of Guam
• Angie Ruiz ‘22 – City of Hollywood Office of Communications
• Avalon Wolfe ’21 – Office of Congresswoman Kay Granger
• Kate Yeager ‘21 – National Security Commission for Artificial Intelligence

Summer 2018 recipients

• Kasha Akrami, ’21 – Office of Congresswoman Diana DeGette
• Jade Arellano, ’19 – San Francisco’s DA Office
• Matt Benjamin, ’18 – California Coastal Commission
• Benjamin Boston, ’20 – Department of State, US mission to the UN
• Colette Brannan, ’19 – Sequoia Foundation
• Maia Brockbank, ’21 – US Commission on Civil Rights
• Tinuola Dada, ’19 – ACLU
• Andrea Deleon Cruz, ’19 – SF DA
• Patrick Donovan, ’19 – NYC Council Speaker’s Office
• Rand Duarte, ’19 – Department of Defense
• Billy Ferguson, ’19 – Analytic Center of Excellence, SSA
• Christopher Estrada, ’19 – Office of Congressman Jim Costa
• Jake Gold, ’18 – Natural Resources Defense Council
• Audrey Huynh, ’19 – Department of Justice
• Adithi Iyer, ’20 – Global Health Group
• David Jaffe, ’21 – Office of Representative Ruben Gallego
• Anjali Katta, ’19 – OnePower
• Sophie Keller, ’19 – Office of Senator Ron Wyden
• Veronica Kim, ’20 – World Policy Institute
• Amy Kouch, ’19 – Department of Energy
• Cole McFaul, ’20 – Office of Congresswoman Anna Eshoo
• Ayesha Pasha, ’21 – South and Central Asia Program
• Melody Rodriguez, ’19 – Department of State
• Lauren Schlansky, ’19 – Department of Justice
• Elizabeth Shneider, ’19 – Department of State in Morocco
• Faatimah Solomon, ’21 – Council on American-Islamic Relations
• Isabel Vasquez, ’20 – Dept of State in Spain
• Sreeram Venkataro, ’20 – Office of Senator Sherrod Brown
• Sarah Vernallis, ’19 – Office of Attorney General Xavier Becerra
• Shelly Wang, ’21 – SF DA
• Julian Wastrous, ’21 – Department of State
• Lucia When, ’21 – Change Research

Summer 2017 recipients

• Marin Callaway (International Relations ’18) – Department of State – Western Hemisphere Affairs Office of Planning and Coordination, Washington, D.C
• Celia Chen (Undeclared ’20) – Centre for Civil Society, Delhi, India
• Eglen Galindo (Management Science and Engineering ’19) – Department of Commerce, San Francisco, CA.
• Kennedy Placek (Political Science ’18) – U.S. House of Representatives – Pete Sessions, Washington, D.C.
• Jacob Randolph (Political Science and Communications ’19) – Office of Congresswoman Norma J. Torres, Ontario, CA.
• Jeanette Rios (Human Biology ’18) – World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
• Kenneth Smith (Electrical Engineering ’18) – Federal Communications Commission – Engineering Division, Washington, D.C
• Carson Smith (Undeclared ’19) – Department of State – Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Washington, D.C.
• Gabriela Torres-Lorrenzotti (International Relations ’19) – Department of State – International Visitors, New York, NY.
• Quito Tsui (Political Science ’18) – Temple Garden Chambers, The Hague, Netherlands.
• Matthew Wigler (Undeclared ’19) – United States Mission to the United Nations – Political Section, New York, NY.
• Matthew Baiza (Political Science and Sociology ’18) – San Antonio City Council District 4, San Antonio, TX.
• Sarah Benjamin (Political Science ‘18) – Department of State – Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, Washington, D.C.
• Griffin Bovee (Undeclared ’19) – Office of Congressman David G. Valadao, Washington, D.C.
• Guillermo Camarillo (Undeclared ’20) – ACLU Illinois, Chicago, IL.
• Carly Cohen (Undeclared ’19) – Senator Ron Wyden’s Office, Washington, D.C.
• Courtney Douglas (Undeclared ’20) – Office of Kevin Faulconer, Mayor of San Diego, San Diego, CA.
• Sam Feineh (Political Science ’19) – American Civil Liberties Union – National Prison Project, Washington, D.C.
• Monique Foung (Human Biology ’17) – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – Arctic Investigations Program, Anchorage, AK.
• Emma Gee (Environmental Systems Engineering ’18) – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Silver Spring, MD.
• Hope Harrington (Psychology ’19) – Office of Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson, Santa Barbara, CA.
• Audrey Huynh (International Relations ’19) – Justice Centre, Hong Kong, China
• Mehraan Keval (Science, Technology, and Society ’18) – City of Stockton Mayor’s Office, Stockton, CA.
• Yvonne Lee (Political Science ’19) – Office of Congressman Ro Khanna, Washington, D.C.
• Madeleine Libbey (Undeclared ’20) – San Francisco District Attorney’s Office, San Francisco, CA.
• Annalee Monroe (Political Science ’18) – Office of Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema, Phoenix, AZ.
• Chandler Mores (International Relations ’18) – Iowa Attorney General’s Office Consumer Protection Division, Des Moines, IA.
• Kaylana Mueller-Hsia (International Relations ’19) – International Organization of Migration, Geneva, Switzerland.
• Mrinmoyee Racker (Mechanical Engineering ’18) – Office of Senator Kamala Harris, Washington, D.C.
• Sarah Richard (Economics and Sociology ’19) – U.S. Commercial Service U.K., London, England.
• Elizabeth Shneider (International Relations ’19) – Department of State – Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, Washington, D.C.
• Marjorie Schwab (Political Science and History ’19) – Department of State – Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, Washington, D.C.
• Edward Yu (Undeclared ’20) – Alameda County Sustainability, Oakland, CA.

Summer 2016 recipients

• Caitlin Byrnes – (Political Science and Communications, ‘16) Department of State, Europe and Eurasian Affairs, Washington D.C.
• Marly Carlisle – (Political Science, ‘17) San Francisco District Attorney’s Office, San Francisco, CA
• Rosalynn Emberton – (Linguistics, ‘18) Texas Education Agency, Austin, TX
• Samuel Feineh – (undeclared, ‘19) Congressman Ami Bera’s Congressional Office, Washington D.C.
• Blaire Hunter – (Economics and Earth Systems, ‘18) Office of Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins, Alaska House of Representatives, Sitka, AK
• Joey Hurlocker – (undeclared, ‘19) City of Kokomo Department of Development, Kokomo IN
• Tori Keller – (International Relations, ‘17) Institute for the Study of War, Washington, D.C.
• Chloe Koseff – (Earth Systems, ‘16) Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C.
• Madeleine Lippey – (English, ‘18) White House Internship Program, Washington D.C.
• Rebecca Mehra – (International Relations, ‘16) U.S. Department of State, Washington D.C.
• Riya Mehta – (Earth Systems, ‘18) United Nations World Food Programme, Rome, Italy
• Rachel Morrow – (Political Science, ‘18) United Nations Mission to the United Nations, Executive Office, New York, NY
• Sricharana Muppidi – (Economics, ‘17) Department of State, Bureau of Human Rights, Democracy, and Labor, Washington D.C.
• Carra Rentie  – (Linguistics, ‘17) U.S. Department of State, Washington D.C.
• Gabriel Rosen – (Public Policy, ‘19) New York State Attorney General’s Office, New York, NY
• Dan Sakaguchi – (Physics, ‘16) Communities for a Better Environment, Huntington Park, CA
• Zoe Savellos – (Political Science, ‘18) USAID, Legislative and Public Affairs Bureau, Washington, D.C.
• Joshua Seawell – (Urban Studies, ‘18) Department of Housing and Development, Washington D.C.
• Loralee Sepsey – (English, ‘18) Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs, Vancouver, BC, Canada
• Lila Thulin – (Human Biology and Creative Writing, ‘17) National Endowment for the Humanities, Washington, D.C.
• Tesay Yusuf – (African and African American Studies and Islamic Studies, ‘18) Council on American-Islamic Relations, Washington D.C.
• Minjia Zhong – (Mathematical and Computational Sciences and French Studies, ‘18) Carnegie Europe, Brussels, Belgium

Summer 2015 recipients

• Michael Anderson (Junior, Science, Technology, and Society) – Service 2 School, San Francisco, CA
• Emelyn Avina (Sophomore, Political Science) – Dr. Raul Ruiz Congressional District Office, Palm Desert, CA
• Rochelle Ballantyne (Sophomore, African and African-American Studies) – Office of the Attorney General, San Francisco, CA
• Kidi Basile (Freshman, Undeclared) – AIESEC, San Francisco, CA
• Elena Bauer (Sophomore, Management Science & Engineering) – Inter American Dialogue, Washington, D.C.
• Abby Fanlo (Junior, Political Science) – Senate Committee on Homeland Security, Washngton, D.C.
• Ashley Geo (Senior, Human Biology) – Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome, Italy
• Alexandra Gill (Freshman, Undeclared) – Office of Senator Jeff Merkley, Washington, D.C.
• Wyatt Horan (Sophomore, History & Engineering) – U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C.
• Justin Hsuan (Freshman, Undeclared) – Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, New Hyde Park, NY
• Amanda Jaffe (Sophomore, Public Policy) – U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C.
• Alexis Kallen (Freshman, Undeclared) – United States Congress, Washington, D.C.
• Jacob Leih (Junior, International Relations) – Office of California Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, Stanford, CA
• Carla Lewis (Sophomore, Undeclared) – New York City Department of Correction, East Elmhurst, NY
• Lauren Lockett (Sophomore, History) – U.S. Department of Education, Washington, D.C.
• Hannah Long (Junior, Political Science) – Lawyer’s Committee For Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, D.C.
• Zachary Maurer (Junior, Computer Science) – Central Tibetan Administration, Dharamshala, India
• Alexander Monahan (Freshman, Undeclared) – UNCIVICUS, Annandale, VA
• Jelani Munroe (Junior, Public Policy) – Embassy of Jamaica, Washington, D.C.
• Chiamaka Ogwuegbu (Freshman, Undeclared) – The Climate Institute, Washington, D.C.
• Hyang Eun Park (Junior, Psychology) – Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations, New York, NY
• Micah Patterson (Senior, Engineering Agriculture for Sustainability) – ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
• Jessie Schrantz (Sophomore, African and African-American Studies) – Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Chicago District Office, Chicago, IL
• Ben Schwartz (Freshman, Undeclared) – Cancer Policy Institute, Washington, D.C.
• Laetitia Walendom (Senior, Urban Studies) – ArchiAfrika Accra, Accra, Ghana
• Lauren Wedekind (Junior, Human Biology) – World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
• Brandon Williams (Freshman, Undeclared) – Councilmember Michael Tubbs Office – Stockton, CA
• Breanna Williams (Sophomore, Undeclared)  – Equal Justice Society, Oakland, CA
• Victor Xu (Sophomore, Economics) – Senate, Stanford, CA

Summer 2014 recipients

• Alex Cheng (Freshman, Undeclared) – Office of Congressman Tim Walz, Washington D.C.
• Ryan Duncan (Freshman, Economics, Management Science & Engineering) – Greater Richard Chamber of Commerce, Richmond, VA
• Jacqueline Fielder (Sophomore, Public Policy) – Oglala Sioux Tribe Office of Economic Development, Pine Ridge, SD
• Jason Galisatus (Junior, Political Science) – Press Office of Nancy Pelosi, Washington D.C.
• Maddie Hawkinson (Freshman, Management Science & Engineering) – Colorado Governor’s Office of Information Technology, Denver, CO
• Benjamin Holston (Junior, Political Science) – Office of U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, Washington D.C.
• Jamie Kim (Junior, Political Science) – Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, Washington D.C.
• Khiana Lowe (Sophomore, Civil & Environmental Engineering) – The Climate Institute, Washington D.C.
• Mariama Mallah (Sophomore, Public Policy) – U.S. Department of the Treasury, Washington D.C.
• Ruben Mayer-Hirshfeld (Sophomore, International Relations) – Pauta Politica, Mexico City, Mexico
• Margreth Mpossi (Junior, Biology) – Public Service Commission Tanzania, Morogoro, Tanzania
• Lucas Oswald (Senior, Earth Systems) – Chilean Ministry of the Environment, Santiago, Chile
• Ashley Overbeek (Freshman, Earth Systems) – United Nations Office of CIVICUS, New York City, NY
• Sanjana Parikh (Junior, International Relations) – U.S. Department of Justice, Washington D.C
• Jaclyn Phi (Sophomore, Earth Systems) – Defenders of Wildlife, Washington D.C.
• Cara Reichard (Junior, Political Science) – U.S. Department of State, Washington D.C.
• John Ribeiro-Broomhead (Freshman, Undeclared) – Sierra Club, Berkeley, CA
• Sofia Rojasova (Junior, Human Biology) – U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington D.C.
• Marika Sitz (Junior, Human Biology) – U.S. Department of State, Washington D.C.
• Busiswa Vilakazi (Senior, Energy Resources Engineering) – Energy Department of the Swaziland Ministry of Natural Resources and Energy, Mbabane, Swaziland

Summer 2013 recipients

• Akshai Baskaran (Sophomore, Chemical Engineering) – Office of Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington, D.C.
• Jonathon Bentley (Sophomore, Management Science & Engineering) – U.S. Department of State, Washington D.C.
• Ilse Calderon (Freshman, Undeclared) – Prairie View Economic Development Project, Prairie View, TX
• Sarah Chang (Junior, Philosophy, Literature) – Transparent Fish Fund, Gansu, China
• Darren Handoko (Freshman, Chemical Engineering) – U.S. Department of Energy, Washington D.C.
• Hannah Karpel (Freshman, Undeclared) – KaeMe Foundation, Accra, Ghana
• Ivan Marquez (Sophomore, American Studies) – Office of Congressman Bill Foster, Washington D.C
• Alex Martinez (Junior, Human Biology) – USAID, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
• Katherine Pfleeger (Freshman, Undeclared) – U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington D.C.
• Logan Richard (Sophomore, International Relations) – U.S. Department of State, Washington D.C.
• Lily Steyer (Sophomore, Human Biology) – Safe Mothers, Safe Babies, Iganga and Namutumba, Uganda
• Margot Swank (Junior, Geophysics) – White House Council on Environmental Quality, Washington D.C.
• Zak Whittington (Junior, Computer Science, Political Science) – National Democratic Institute, Washington D.C.
• Isaac Yi (Senior & Co-Term, Management Science & Engineering) – Hawaii State Energy Office, Honolulu, HI

Summer 2012 recipients

• Tenzin Atruktsang (Sophomore, Biology)  Central Tibetan Administration Department of Health, Dharamsala, India
• Kristian Bailey (Sophomore, Comparative Studies in Race & Ethnicity) New America Foundation, Washington D.C.
• Gladys Delgadillo (Junior, Earth Systems) – Bald Head Island Conservancy, North Carolina
• Natalia Eguez (Sophomore, Human Biology) – U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington D.C
• Karla Gonzalez (Sophomore, History) – Solidarity Center, Colombo, Sri Lanka
• Yihwan Kim (Sophomore, Political Science) – Nonprofit Enterprise and Self-Sustainability Team, Sao Paulo, Brazil
• Patrick McGuire (Sophomore, French) – Press Office of the U.S. Embassy, Beijing, China
• Stefan Norgaard (Freshman, Public Policy) – Ghanaian Department of Social Welfare, Accra, Ghana
• Lilly Oh (Sophomore, History) – New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, New York City, NY
• Rachel Seeman (Sophomore, Human Biology) – National Center for Medical Legal Partnership, Stanford, CA
• Iberia Zafira (Junior, Earth Systems) – BIO Intelligence Service, Paris, France

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