Maryn Olson

Maryn is a 2002 graduate of Valparaiso University in Valparaiso, Indiana, where she majored in political science and humanities, and minored in social work and gender studies.  She studied in Namibia for one semester.  Maryn was active in the Honors College, Alliance, chapel activities, and the organization of a semester-long series of seven events focusing on issues relating to women.  Maryn was also an intern with the Aliveness Project, which serves persons in northwest Indiana who are HIV positive or living with AIDS.

Field placement: Hunger Free Vermont

Burlington, Vermont

Policy placement: US Department of Justice Executive Office for Weed and Seed

Washington, D.C.