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Student Profile: Teela Williams, EMP Class of 2022

“Community is still a source of strength in what I do. I hope to position myself in an organization that gives people opportunities like I had growing up with sports and other free community programs.”
Kenneth Zalke

Alumni Profile: Kenneth Zalke, MPP’23

“I’m eager to continue applying the training in data analysis and programming, econometrics, and mixed-methods research I received at Harris.”
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Student Profile: Yufei Liu, IPAL'22, MPP Class of 2025

“The IPAL Capstone Project supplemented me with the skills I needed the most.”
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Student Profile: Sunena Gupta, MPP Class of 2023

“Harris is a place where I can explore all of my interests simultaneously, and that is not something you find in a lot of public policy programs.”
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Alumni Profile: Alma Juarez Armenta, MPP’17

As part of her doctorate in public health, Juárez Armenta is currently researching the health effects of gendered violence on Mexican women.
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Alumni Profile: Liana Lan, IPAL’20, MPP’23

“I’m grateful that Harris helped me find—and pivot to—an impact investing career path. Without Harris, I wouldn’t even know about ESG.”
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Alumni Profile: A’ndre Gonawela, MPP’21

“I was able to construct a master’s degree that put me at the forefront of the newest national security developments.”
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Alumni Profile: Ibrahim Gabr, MSCAPP’18

Gabr says learning in a joint program combining computer science and public policy helped him view programming and technology through a different lens.
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Student Profile: Aastha Vasisht, MPP Class of 2025

“I believe injustice is transferable—that the things that angered me growing up as a girl in India are similar to challenges someone else faces in some other corner of the world. Harris has the toolkit to best formulate strategies to overcome such injusti
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Student Profile: Amethyst Davis, Data and Policy Summer Scholar 2021

“I am a firm believer that knowledge is to be shared and not owned."
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Student Profile: Alejandra Chavarria, MPP Class of 2022

“COVID-19 has shown very clearly that international development is a global effort—we can’t think as individual nations anymore, but as a global community.”
Derek Burling

Student Profile: Derek Burling, MPP Class of 2025

“The city of Chicago is my home, and I am passionate about our community. Harris is the perfect runway for this next chapter of my career to create meaningful impact.”