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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,”...

By Kerriann Laubach “I worked with the youth court system —an alternative school disciplinary system focused on restorative rather than...

By Caroline Head Ms. Head is a consultant for Prophet Brand Strategy in Atlanta. Prior to working at Prophet, Caroline worked in...

Two SHECP Internship Alumni, Rebecca B. Dunn and Anna Paden Carson, have been published in the current issue of VA Engage Journal (Vol 4....

By Natasha Lerner Ms. Lerner received her MPA, specializing in International Health from New York University – Robert F. Wagner Graduate...

By Sarah Catherine Welch Ms. Welch is a fifth year First Grade teacher in Atlanta, Georgia. She graduated from Washington and Lee...

By Ram Raval, Washington and Lee University (2018) Interestingly enough, one of the most memorable experiences I encountered while...

By Maneesha Julakanti, Baylor University 2017 “Don’t ever leave me. Don’t you ever leave me!” she cried, her little body clinging to my...

By Michael Sullivan, Washington and Lee University (2018) I remember how many people looked at me in disbelief when I told them I would...

By Tierney Wolgemuth, Washington and Lee University (2016) A lot of words come to mind when people mention Camden, New Jersey. Vibrant,...

By Rachael Petry Ms. Petry is in her third year of medical school at University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center in Memphis, TN.  She...

By Cate Costley Ms. Costley is a recent graduate of Middlebury College and a 2014 Shepherd Intern. As a History major at Middlebury, with...

By Megan Gilpin After graduating from Berea College in 2010, Ms. Gilpin began graduate school at George Mason University. She graduated...

Ms. Suits works as the Alumni Programs Manager at Woodward Academy in Atlanta, GA. She graduated from Berea College in 2014 with a...