An Pham

An Vu Minh Pham majored in Economics at Boston University. Born in Cambridge, An’s family moved back to Vietnam until raising him and his little sister in Toronto, Canada. He took early interests in writing, coding, and history that eventually pushed him to consider a career in public service. He firmly believes in the importance […]

Nayeli Quiles

Nayeli Quiles studies Political Science and Sociology at Boston University. A lifelong Boston resident, she has worked in Massachusetts politics, advocating for youth-led climate legislation, reproductive justice, improved access to constituent resources, and voter education through internships with city councilors, state representatives, and the Massachusetts Office of Veterans Services. As a research assistant on campus, […]

Emily Rackleff

Read more about Emily’s experience as the 2018 MONUM Summer Fellow Emily Rackleff is a MBA and MS candidate in the Questrom School of Business, focusing on Social Impact and Digital Innovation respectively. She formerly served as the Senior Program Manager of Boston Cares, an AmeriCorps program for tutoring and mentoring. She has also worked […]

Talal Rahim

Talal Rahim, a PhD candidate in Economics at the BU College of Arts and Sciences, is fulfilling his Summer Fellowship with the City of Providence, RI. Rahim is serving as Mayor Jorge Elorza‘s Data Science Fellow where he will be focused on projects that include building an energy efficiency database and a property inspections database.

Kimberly Rhoten

Read about Kimberly’s experience as the Summer 2021 MONUM Fellow Kimberly Rhoten is an attorney, academic, and advocate. They are a PhD student in Sociology at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, whose research focuses on the legal treatment of non-traditional families and non-monogamous sexualities as well as the structural inequities of mass incarceration. […]

Imani Roberson

Read more about Imani’s experience as the 2019 MORRE Summer Fellow Imani Roberson majored in Public Relations and Political science. She’s also a proud Detroiter. On campus, Imani is heavily involved in the Inner Strength Gospel Choir and was the president of Boston University’s Chapter of the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA). Imani […]

Faith Rynda

Read more about Faith’s experience as the 2020 MORRE Summer Fellow Faith majored in political science on a 4-year BA/MA program track and minoring in innovation & entrepreneurship. She is from the Bay Area, California where she lives with her family and two dachshunds. She plans to pursue a career in government, and her policy […]

Valerie Sanchez

Valerie Sanchez studied International Relations on the Pre-Law track. She was born and raised in Chicago, and her parents are immigrants from Mexico and Colombia. In high school, Valerie became interested in advocacy work and diplomacy on an international scale, and this, with her background and passion for social justice, has pushed her to pursue […]

Roshan Sivaraman

Roshan Sivaraman is a junior pursuing a Dual Degree in International Relations (BA) and Voice Performance (BM) at BU. They are particularly interested in studying human-state-environment relations. This past semester, they studied in Singapore and traveled through Southeast Asia. Roshan worked with the National University of Singapore’s Asia Research Institute on a conservation awareness project […]

Yulan Sun

Read more about Yulan’s experience as the 2016 City of Providence Department of Innovation Fellow Yulan Sun graduated from the University of Southern California with a Master of Arts in Economics. Following that, Yulan attended Boston University and graduated with a Master of Science in Statistical Practice.