Lara Adekeye
Read more about Lara’s experience as the 2017 MORRE Summer Fellow Lara studied Political Science and African American studies. Her passion for social justice stems from her experience as a Cambridge, MA resident, her leadership in the African American Studies Center at Boston University, and more recently her experience working with the American Civil Liberties […]
Jessica Bajada-Silva
Read more about Jessica’s experience as the 2018 MORRE Summer Fellow Jessica Bajada-Silva studied Environmental Analysis and Policy in the College of Arts and Sciences. She worked as a Student Office Assistant at the BU Hariri Institute for Computing and previously interned at the Human Rights Center in Padova, Italy. On campus, she’s involved as […]
Corryn Barter
Corryn Barter received her MPH from the Community Health Department at the Boston University School of Public Health in December 2025. She completed a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from George Washington University, where she first experienced the intersection between public service and population health. Corryn plans to use her Master of Public Health in […]
Taylor Cain
Read more about Taylor’s experience as the 2017 MONUM Summer Fellow Taylor Cain is the Chief of Staff at the Boston Housing Authority, the largest housing provider in the City of Boston. She is the former Director of Boston’s Housing Innovation Lab, where she led citywide efforts to pioneer innovative housing models and systems, and […]
Hannah Carey
Read more about Hannah’s experience as the 2014 Multnomah County Health Department Fellow
Andrea Catania
Read about Andrea’s experience as the summer 2023 MONUM Fellow Andrea is a graduate student in the Gastronomy program focusing on Food Policy at Boston University. She hails from Syracuse and is a proud graduate of The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY. Since then, Andrea has spent her career working across several […]
Elizabeth Champion
Read more about Elizabeth’s experience as the 2018 Greater Manchester Combined Authority Fellow Elizabeth Champion studied economics in the College of Arts and Science. Avid about the economics and history of cities, she hopes to eventually pursue her Masters in City Planning. Last fall, she worked as a Community Planning Intern for the City of […]
Natalia Chavez
Read more about Natalia’s experience as the 2019 MONUM Summer Fellow Natalia Chavez is the Communications and Outreach Director at Urbanability, a Boston-based non-profit organization that focuses on empowering underserved communities from an urban planning perspective. She recently worked at the Harvard Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation where she worked on democracy programming […]
Levi Chen
Levi Chen is majoring in Architectural Studies (BA) with a minor in Urban Studies. Levi has lived in Shanghai, Singapore, and California. He is one of the cofounders of the BU Urbanism Club (BUrbanists), which informs students about local urban issues and advocates for a safer, greener campus. Levi is particularly interested in community engagement […]
Chelsea Desrochers
Read more about Chelseas’s experience as the 2014 Santo Domingo Ayuntamiento Fellow