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By Shiri Yadlin, Shepherd Intern 2010 Yadlin will begin a Masters Program at Georgetown University this fall. She is a 2012 graduate of...

Introduction: Dr. Jonathan Wortham graduated from Washington and Lee University in 2004 and from the Baylor College of Medicine in 2008. ...

Isabella Martin writes a short story to help us understand the transition that youth from low-income rural families must make as they...

Lindy Stevens, formerly a Teach for American participant and currently a law student at Washington and Lee, finds that No Child Left...

Jake Struebing, currently attending Yale Law School, takes a realistic approach to law, public policy, and affordable housing. To view...

By Joe Landry Washington and Lee University ’13 Instead of cutting aid to the poor, the president and Congress should focus on reforming...

Interns from the summer of 2014 have written brief compelling essays about their experiences. Learn more about a variety of specific...

Elizabeth Forester Walking up to N Street Village, I was incredibly nervous. I did not know what to expect and worried that I would not...

Frolicking at LPMP This summer I had an opportunity to work for an incredible nonprofit organization called Life Pieces to Masterpieces....

Farai reveals what he learned about poverty and homeless children from working and playing with young friends at the Ark. A purely...

The following paper by Lee Haruno, a Poverty Studies minor from the University of Notre Dame, focuses on epidemiology and the science of...

Markus Creachbaum, a member of John Carroll University’s Class of 2015, explored his interest in poverty alleviation as an intern with...

Leanne Stone, W&L Leanne Stone, a member of Washington and Lee University’s Class of 2014, explored her interest in youth and education...

Nicky Peacher, W&L, assists students in the Bridges at St. Paul’s School program W&L student Nicky Peacher helped a summer enrichment...

Hillary Cooper, W&L Washington and Lee University student Hillary Cooper supported a summer education program in New Orleans as part of...

Dan Carpintero Berea College intern at the Delta Area Health Education Center in Helena, Ark., as part of the 2013 Shepherd Internship...

Becca Dean, W&L I spent my summer as a Shepherd Intern in Baltimore, Maryland, at the Kennedy Krieger Institute’s PACT Therapeutic...

Sarah Rachal, W&L W&L student Sarah Rachal worked with children in PACT’s therapeutic nursery in Baltimore as part of the 2013 Shepherd...

Daniel Grear, a student at Hendrix College, participated in the 2013 Shepherd Internship Program, where he interned with Life Pieces to...

Washington and Lee University student Leah Gose supported the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers, which works to lower the amount...