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By Grace Barnett Ms. Barnett attended the Medical University of South Carolina where she earned her Doctorate in Physical Therapy. She...

By Katie Jarrell Ms. Jarrell is currently a second-year pharmacy student at West Virginia University School of Pharmacy. Upon graduation...

By Ellen Stauffer Ms. Stauffer is the Assistant Director of Development, Special Events, for the research and advocacy non-profit...

By Camie Carlock Ms. Carlock graduated in 2013 from Washington and Lee University, where she majored in Politics and minored in Poverty &...

By Alice Shih LaCour Ms. Shih LaCour is a trial attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice. She graduated with a degree in Economics and...

By Daniel F. Murray Mr. Murray (Washington and Lee University ’13) majored in English and minored in Poverty and Human Capability...

By Crighton Allen Mr. Allen is an associate with the Atlanta law firm Hall Booth Smith, P.C. where he assists in the defense of...

By Theresa Schmidt Ms. Schmidt earned her Bachelor’s of Social Work from Niagara University in 2014. During this time she had one of the...

By Alvin G. Thomas Mr. Thomas is a second-year Master of Science in Public Health (MSPH) student at the Johns Hopkins University...

By Angelica Tillander Ms. Tillander is in her second year of law school at Columbia Law School in New York. She graduated from Washington...

By Katie Harris Ms. Harris is pursuing Master of Business Administration (MBA) at Harvard Business School, expected graduation in May...

By Amanda Green Amanda graduated with a degree in Business and a minor in Environmental Studies from Washington and Lee in 2006. After...

By Ash Smith, University of Notre Dame (2017). Driving into Manchester, Kentucky, I read a roadside billboard: “City of Hope.” Here lies...

By Daniel Grear. Mr. Grear graduated from Hendrix College in May of 2015 with a degree in English Literature & Creative Writing. He...

By Jennie Pollard. Ms Pollard is Project Director, Office of Violence Against Women STEP Grant, Berea College Partners for Education. ...

By Elizabeth Forester. Ms Forester is a senior at Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas. Hailing from Memphis, Tennessee, she will graduate...

By Jason Hahn. Mr Hahn was one of the inaugural students in the Shepherd Poverty Program in 1998-1999. After he graduated from Washington...

By Danielle Breidung Ms. Breidung graduated from Washington and Lee University in December 2012 with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and...

I Walk the Line:How Interdisciplinary Studies of Poverty and Human Capability has Shaped My Career Path and Perspective of Myself and the...

By Andre Ware “I met a group of teenagers who influenced me to believe that youth advocacy could indeed change the state of politics,”...