Etan Newman

Originally from Minnesota, Etan graduated from Brown University in 2009 with a degree in history.  He has worked to connect low-income families to social services, taught about the Holocaust in high schools, interned at the Poverty Institute, and lobbied for the rights of undocumented immigrant students.  Etan also studied human and civil rights issues in Israel, Denmark, and South Africa, and conducted research on the teaching of apartheid history in South African high schools.

Field placement: Second Harvest of Silicon Valley

San Jose, California

Policy placement: The Brookings Institution

Washington, D.C.