2025-2026 Fellows
bethany m. allen
bethany m. allen is a writer, mother, and student living in Roxbury, MA. Inspired by queer Black feminism, particularly the Combahee River Collective’s edict that “If Black women were free, it would mean that everyone else would have to be free since our...
Ghita Aqallal
Ghita Aqallal is a Moroccan Ed.M. candidate in Education Leadership, Organizations, and Entrepreneurship at HGSE. She is the co-founder of Glocal Scholars Inc., where she leads projects exploring how education can be both globally informed and locally...
Karina Arzate-Arenivaz
Karina Arzate-Arenivaz is an Ed.M. candidate in Education Policy and Analysis at HGSE, focused on working for programs and initiatives that increases degree attainment for Latino/a students from rural California. A first-generation American and proud...
Trey Baker
Trey Baker is a 3x Emmy-nominated and award-winning spoken word artist. He performs around the country and internationally while leading storytelling campaigns for Fortune 500 companies, professional sports teams, and national civic organizations. Trey...
Kariel Bennett
Kariel Bennett works at the intersection of education, policy, and philanthropy to help nonprofits expand their reach and influence. She began her career teaching in Bath, England, and later conducted national research on pathways to becoming a first-time...
Shantá Harrington
Shantá Harrington is a Presidential Scholar and Ph.D. student at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She is a proud native of the Southside of Chicago and has worked within schools, community centers and nonprofits to support the development...
Leonel Henríquez Acevedo
Leonel Henríquez Acevedo is a social psychologist with over 10 years of experience designing and delivering social-emotional learning (SEL) programs for individuals from diverse ages, professional backgrounds, and socio-economic contexts. He is an Ed.M...
Kriti Issar
Kriti Issar is an Ed.M. candidate in Education Policy and Analysis at HGSE and a UGC-JRF fellow pursuing her Ph.D. in Education at the University of Delhi, where her research examines historical consciousness in historically disadvantaged contexts. Born...
Tinu Joseph
Tinu Joseph is a first-generation college graduate from a farming family in rural India, whose life was transformed by access to education. With a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, she has spent over a decade working to bridge systemic gaps in education...
Daril NDODJANG
Daril is an Ed.M. candidate in Education Leadership, Organizations, and Entrepreneurship at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Originally from Cameroon, Daril earned a scholarship to pursue engineering studies in France and built a career as a...
Andrés Porras Gutiérrez
Andrés is an educator and social entrepreneur from Mexico, dedicated to advancing human development and social change through education. He has over a decade of experience designing and leading initiatives with schools, nonprofits, and faith-based...
Ananya Rai
Ananya Rai is an Ed.M. candidate in Education Policy and Analysis at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. She recently completed her Ph.D. in Physics at Yale University, where she developed new methods to study how particles created in high-energy...
Rebekah Rogers
Rebekah Rogers is a graduate of Spelman College and is currently pursuing a Master of Education in Human Development at HGSE. She entered the program to reimagine science education, moving beyond conformity and rigid structures to approaches that foster...
Ram Solanki
Raman Solanki is a residential Ed.M. candidate in the Education Leadership, Organizations, and Entrepreneurship (ELOE) program at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. A Sergeant in the U.S. Army, he has consistently demonstrated excellence and...
Erik Stone
Erik Stone is an Ed.M. candidate in Learning Design, Innovation, and Technology at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where he is interested in research on curricular strategies to improve health education for LGBTQ+ youth. He earned a Bachelor of...
Hanan Wuhush
Hanan Wuhush is an educator who will always carry a piece of middle school in her heart. A PhD student in the Culture, Institutions, and Society program, Hanan’s work aims to explore how education can be a transformational tool for the mind, heart and...
