Roshin Mathew

Roshin received her political science degree from Oregon’s Reed College in 2004 and taught English at a middle school in Japan for a year afterward.  She traveled extensively in Japan and South East Asia where she volunteered with homeless squatters in Osaka and recorded the stories of Khmer Rouge survivors in Ankor Wat.  Roshin spent a summer in Cape Town, South Africa where she wrote a case study on the city’s juvenile crime system.  She also taught after school classes on film at a Portland middle school and worked at Sister’s of the Road Café, a restaurant which caters to Portland’s homeless population.

Field placement: Ladder Up / Center for Economic Progress

Chicago, Illinois

Policy placement: Connect For Kids

Washington, D.C.

Hunger Free Community Report

The Special Financial Educational Report aired on WLUW 88.7 F.M.’s Community News report.  The radio feature included interviews with experts in the field of volunteer income tax preparation and the earned income tax credit.  The report provided listeners with information on how they could increase the amount of the refund which working families received.