Michael Ng
Michael Ng is a student at the Chinese University of Hong Kong majoring in global business studies. Growing up in a well-developed city with intense exposure to developing countries, Michael believes in the magic of photography of bridging the developed and developing world and effecting positive change in the lives of underprivileged women. He interned […]
Shilpa Mokshagundam
Shilpa Mokshagundam is a rising senior at Vanderbilt University, double majoring in Molecular and Cellular Biology and Child Development. Over the past 3 years at Vanderbilt, Shilpa has become increasingly involved with the Nashville community through a myriad of service organizations. Her unique experiences in the food insecure neighborhoods of Nashville have sparked an interest […]
Jacquelin Meremable
Jacquelin is from a small town in Haiti called Gros-morne. He is the second youngest of 9 children. He is the first in his family to finish with high school. After high school his parents could not afford to send him to college. So, he applied for a scholarship, and out of 390 applicants was one […]
Barry McKenna
Barry McKenna hails from rural Central California but has a special place in his heart for metropolitan Boston, enjoying its engaging diversity of people and ideas during his time studying Mechanical Engineering at Harvard College. After graduating in 2014, he began an internship with Cru, a Christian non-profit that provides spiritual mentorship and life skills […]
Jim Jin
A Chinese native, Jim (Depeng) Jin studies Psychology and Economics at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. At school, he is heavily involved with Vanderbilt Alternative Spring Break, a student organization that sends over 400 students every year to 30 + service sites across America and the world. In 2013, Jim, Shilpa, Maryli and Whitley co-started […]
Gerald Hodges
Born at the beginning of the Liberian civil war, Gerald and his parents took refuge to Guinea, where he spent most of his childhood. Upon returning to Liberia, he soon realized many of his peers experienced series of disruption in their education and the fulfilment of their potential and had no guidance and support like […]
Hussein Hassan
Hussein Hassan is a Public Health Professional with ten years humanitarian and development experience in the Horn of Africa and Middle East. Between 2010 and 2013, Hussein was working in Northern Somalia and developed and then implemented result-driven community development and public health project that had positive impact on the needy communities in Puntland and […]
Katie Guidera
Katie Guidera is a senior at Duke University studying Global Mental Health through Duke’s Program II major. She is particularly interested in the intersections between global health, social entrepreneurship, and human rights. She is a co-founder of One Sun Health, an organization which works in rural HaMakuya, South Africa to create pathways of change through […]
Dina Duré
Dina is a young woman who is called to serve others. Currently working as Assistant Manager of Order Entry department at Kenscoff Manufacturing and previously she led the children ministry at Agape Church for at least 5 years. She has been working lately in her venture called Together For Our Community where she and her […]
Melissa Diamond
Melissa Diamond is a writer, speaker and social entrepreneur with a mission to create a world where everyone is accepted and valued for who they are. She is the founder and Executive Director of A Global Voice for Autism, a non-profit organization that exists to help children with autism and trauma-related behavioral challenges access education […]
