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Jan 18, 2016

Lawyering for Change

By Angelica Tillander Ms. Tillander is in her second year of law school at Columbia Law School in New York. She graduated from Washington...

Jan 15, 2016

How Poverty Studies Can Shape a Career in Finance and Civic Engagement

By Katie Harris Ms. Harris is pursuing Master of Business Administration (MBA) at Harvard Business School, expected graduation in May...

Jan 15, 2016

There and Back Again

By Amanda Green Amanda graduated with a degree in Business and a minor in Environmental Studies from Washington and Lee in 2006. After...

Jan 12, 2016

Learning Curves

By Daniel Grear. Mr. Grear graduated from Hendrix College in May of 2015 with a degree in English Literature & Creative Writing. He...

Jan 12, 2016

Breaking out of Comfort Zones

By Jennie Pollard. Ms Pollard is Project Director, Office of Violence Against Women STEP Grant, Berea College Partners for Education. ...

Jan 11, 2016

Confirming and Shaping My Legal Career

By Elizabeth Forester. Ms Forester is a senior at Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas. Hailing from Memphis, Tennessee, she will graduate...

Jan 11, 2016

The Poor are Just Like Me

By Jason Hahn. Mr Hahn was one of the inaugural students in the Shepherd Poverty Program in 1998-1999. After he graduated from Washington...

Jan 6, 2016

Called to Serve?: Jump In (heart first) and Make Your Mark

By Danielle Breidung Ms. Breidung graduated from Washington and Lee University in December 2012 with a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and...

Jan 5, 2016

I Walk the Line

I Walk the Line:How Interdisciplinary Studies of Poverty and Human Capability has Shaped My Career Path and Perspective of Myself and the...

Jan 5, 2016

From Niagara to the World

By Andre Ware “I met a group of teenagers who influenced me to believe that youth advocacy could indeed change the state of politics,”...

Jan 5, 2016

Using the Law to Create Positive Social Change

By Kerriann Laubach “I worked with the youth court system —an alternative school disciplinary system focused on restorative rather than...

Jan 5, 2016

Thinking Differently

By Caroline Head Ms. Head is a consultant for Prophet Brand Strategy in Atlanta. Prior to working at Prophet, Caroline worked in...

Jan 4, 2016

The Three Lessons the Shepherd Program Taught Me about Public Service

By Natasha Lerner Ms. Lerner received her MPA, specializing in International Health from New York University – Robert F. Wagner Graduate...

Jan 4, 2016

A Call to Action

By Sarah Catherine Welch Ms. Welch is a fifth year First Grade teacher in Atlanta, Georgia. She graduated from Washington and Lee...

Dec 30, 2015

Curing Inequalities: Poverty Studies and the Medical Student

By Rachael Petry Ms. Petry is in her third year of medical school at University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center in Memphis, TN. She...

Dec 30, 2015

The Power of the Open Sky

By Cate Costley Ms. Costley is a recent graduate of Middlebury College and a 2014 Shepherd Intern. As a History major at Middlebury, with...

Dec 28, 2015

Bursting the Bubble: Learning the Difference between Absolute and Relative Poverty

By Megan Gilpin After graduating from Berea College in 2010, Ms. Gilpin began graduate school at George Mason University. She graduated...

Dec 28, 2015

More than a Commute…

Ms. Suits works as the Alumni Programs Manager at Woodward Academy in Atlanta, GA. She graduated from Berea College in 2014 with a...

Dec 28, 2015

Medical School Interviews and Shepherd Internship Memories

By Kaitlyn Reasoner Ms. Reasoner is a Biology major and biology teaching assistant at Berea College. Following graduation, she will...

Dec 7, 2015

Poverty Studies Shaped My Commitment to Education

By Kathryn Marsh-Soloway Ms. Marsh-Soloway joined Teach for America Corps in Atlanta in 2013. After two years teaching special education...

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