Past Stipend Recipients

Below is the full list of SIG Stipends recipients.

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Summer 2023 Recipients

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• 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

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Summer 2022 Recipients

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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

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Summer 2020 Recipients

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• Therese Santiago ’21 – US Dept of State, Office of International Labor Affairs

• Ethan Chua ’21 – Asia Pacific Mission for Migrants

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Summer 2019 Recipients

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• 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

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Summer 2018 Recipients

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• 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

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Summer 2017 Recipients

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• 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.

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Summer 2016 Recipients

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• 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

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Summer 2015 Recipients

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• 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

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Summer 2014 Recipients

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• 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

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Summer 2013 Recipients

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• 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

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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