Linda Edouard

Originally from Chicago and Las Vegas, Linda is a 2009 graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a degree in psychology and a minor in urban and regional planning. Linda served on the Minority Association for Future Attorneys, supervised at risk youth at the Urban League, advocated for low-income families with the Family Advocacy Program, and volunteered with a women’s homeless shelter and the East St. Louis Action Research Project. Linda also studied the root causes of poverty in Haiti and interned in the Office of Senator Barack Obama.

Field placement: Medical Legal Partnership Boston

Boston, Massachusetts

Policy placement: American Public Human Services Association

Washington, D.C.