We are excited to announce the 21st Class of Bill Emerson National Hunger Fellows! These hunger-fighters and social justice leaders were selected from more than 385 applications. Thank you to those alumni, supervisors, and anti-hunger friends who served on the selections committee. Below you’ll find a list of the names, colleges, and hometowns of the 21st Class of Emerson National Hunger Fellows. Welcome, members of the 21st class!
Rachel Aronson
University of Vermont/ Sharon, MA
Madeline Becker
Iowa State University/ Cedar Rapids, IA
David Blount
Loyola University Chicago/ Saint Louis, MO
Elizabeth Cooper
University of California, San Diego/ Benicia, CA
Emily Duma
University of Wisconsin-Madison/ Minneapolis, MN
Erika Inwald
Brown University/ Brooklyn, NY
Georgina Jimenez
University of Texas at El Paso/ El Paso, TX
Julia Kortrey
Emory University/ Fayetteville, GA
Nora Leccese
University of Colorado / Boulder, CO
Leila Malow
Macalester College/ Phoenix, AZ
Soad Mana
Northwestern University
Melanie Meisenheimer
Gettysburg College/ Clovis, CA
Tadelech Mengesha
Northwestern University/ Aurora, CO
Wendy Ortiz
University of California, Berkeley/ Anaheim, CA
Ada Recinos
University Of California, Santa Cruz/ Torrance, CA
Tina Tran
Stanford University/ North Richland Hills, TX