Tag: stories
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Fellow Stories: Nithya (2020)
Nithya was a part of MNYC’s 2020 fellowship cohort. She applied for the policy track because she knew that she wanted to enter the policy world and wanted to gain skills in that field. “My interest is in public health policy, so it was really encouraging to see that there was an experience that was…
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Fellow Stories: Meti (2019)
Meti applied to MNYC’s fellowship program in 2019 in order to find community. “I was in college at a super conservative university and I felt really out of touch with other progressives. I was excited to be in a fellowship that was going to teach me how to be an active community organizer and be…
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Fellow Stories: Ana Elisa (2019)
Ana Elisa applied to be a part of MNYC’s very first fellowship cohort in 2019 because she wanted to understand more about the possibilities for her future career and the political landscape of her state. “I applied for MNYC’s fellowship because I wanted to learn more about community organizing,” Ana Elisa recalls. “At the time,…