
2018 Fellows
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First ever African-American female First Captain of the Corps of Cadets
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Rhodes Scholar, studying Women’s Studies and Social Intervention
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Selected for TeenVogue’s “21 Under 21” award
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Commissioned as an Engineer Officer
Simone Askew

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President, Yale College Republicans
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Psychology major, Neuroscience focus
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Yale School of Medicine Researcher; ThinkSwiss Research Scholar at the University of Geneva Pediatric Hospital
Ben Zollinger

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1st Regiment, Cadet Command Sergeant Major
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Interned at a hedge fund and served as President, West Point Investment Club
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Currently serving as an Infantry Officer
Jackson Luff

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Schwarzman Scholar at Tsinghua University
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Currently serving as a Military Intelligence Officer
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International Relations major/Counterterrorism minor; Division I volleyball player
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Conducted research and briefed policy for the Secretary of Defense
Megan Bryn

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Former counterterrorism soldier in the Republic of Korea Army
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Senior roles in the Yale Political Union and Yale College Council
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Interned at UBS and PH & Company, a Korean hedge fund
Nathan Kwon

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Columnist, Yale Daily News
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Studied public health in Uganda and economic development at the EU
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Interned for Rep. Joaquin Castro
Liana Wang

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Former intern in the LA Mayor’s office, writer for The Politic
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Studied Arabic in Jordan and researched the development of Kurdistan
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Ethics, Politics, and Economics/Modern Middle East Studies major
Ella Fanger

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Studied grand strategy in Taiwan and China with West Point
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International Relations major
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Currently serving as an Artillery Officer
Christine Sidhu

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Chief of Staff, Student Conference on U.S. Affairs
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Systems Engineer major
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Member, Division I West Point Swimming and Diving team
Kathryn Seyer

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Two years in Japan as a service missionary
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Economics major, Cyber Security minor
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Worked at the Army Research Lab, studying cyber operations
Kevin Colton

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Founder, Students of the Diaspora, the organization for first-generation African undergraduates
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Captain, Yale Muay Thai Kickboxing Team
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Political Science and History major, with a focus on humanitarian crises
Mbella Beseka

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Co-chair of IvyQ, an intercollegiate conference for LGBTQ undergrads
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Studies issues of statelessness in Latin America as a Political Science and Ethnicity, Race, and Migration major
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On the board of the Yale Women’s Center
Nicole Chavez

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Co-director, Elmseed Consulting Services, board member of the Urban Philanthropic Fund
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Economics & Mathematics/Global Affairs major
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Former member, Turkish National Debate Team
Ramiz Colak

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Former Speaker, Yale Political Union and Political Action Coordinator, Yale Women’s Center
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Worked for a variety of political activism groups
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Philosophy/Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies major
Rita Wang

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Founder of the Urban Philanthropic Fund, a 501c3 that bridges investment education with community engagement
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Chairman, The Politic and Executive Board Member, Yale Student Investment Group
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Interned at JP Morgan and Bridgewater Associates
Ryan Taggarse

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Completed Cadet Leadership Development Training in Africa
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Studying natural resource management as an Environmental Science major
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Planning on commissioning as an Aviation Officer
William Merrill

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Teach for America Fellow
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Political Science major/Education Studies Scholar, interested in the status of Latin American exiles
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Former Chairwoman of The Politic
Ana Barros

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Former President, Yale College Council, the Yale student government
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Pre-med, with a focus on public health and developmental economics
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Successfully negotiated with the University on critical issues like sexual assault and financial aid policy
Matt Guido

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President, Yale College Democrats
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Former Chairman, High School Democrats of America
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History major, Human Rights focus
Jordan Cozby

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Studied French and Political Science at the Catholic University of Lille
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Training Officer for Cadet Basic Training and member of the Sprint Football Team
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Commissioned as an Infantry Officer and plans to transition to Military Intelligence in four years
Zachary Trainor

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Founded No Lost Generation, an organization that helps refugees gain education in the U.S.
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Global Affairs/Statistics & Data Science major
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Legislative Captain for Yale College Democrats
Alissa Wang

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Member, Yale Political Union Conservative Party and board member, William F. Buckley, Jr. Program
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Worked on a number of state and local campaigns in Connecticut
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Completed Yale’s Directed Studies program
Weaver Lilley

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Studied Arabic in Jordan and Morocco with the State Department
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Board member, Students of Salaam, an organization that teaches English to Arab refugees
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Studying Global Affairs and Middle Eastern Studies
Nick Wade

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West Point PDLI Student Director
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Studying Developmental Economics
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Researched and worked in The Gambia and Costa Rica
Jack Rawlins

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Editor-in-Chief, The Politic
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YLS Liman Fellow at the Bronx Defenders
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Producer of documentary, 120 YEARS
Keerthana Annamaneni

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Founder of QuietBreeze, an anti-noise-pollution startup
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Writer for the Yale Globalist and member of the Yale Undergraduate Consulting Club
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Fluent in four languages
Manuel Schneider

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President, Yale Friends of Israel
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Works for a neuroimaging lab
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Computer Science/Mathematics major
Noah Amsel

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Ethics, Politics and Economics Major
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Executive Director, Yale International Relations Association and Inaugural Kerry Fellow
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Currently a member of the Environmental Group at Goldman Sachs
Riddhima Yadav

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Executive Officer of Cadets Against Sexual Harassment and Assault Program
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Delivered a TedTalk on the topic of “Contagious Cancer”
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Studied intersectional examinations of gender as an English major
Robert Moser

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Executive Board member, Yale Student Investment Group
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Mathematics and Philosophy major
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Employed now at McKinsey in San Francisco
Trey Leigh

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Co-founder of Students for Carbon Dividends
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Violist in the Yale Symphony Orchestra
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Studies urban innovation as an Ethics, Politics, and Economics major
George Gemalas

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Studied Arabic in Morocco and Jordan
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Researches phosphate metabolism in the Bergwitz Lab
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Pre-med student studying Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations