AAUW 2023 Fund Fellows and Grant Recipients

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34 inspiring California fellow and grant recipients are studying in California this year and are available to share nuggets of their fascinating studies. Watch the short video introduction by each fellow and grant recipient and see what, and who, your AAUW Fund dollars support. Learn about race and gender in U.S. Immigration Policy, gender policy making, Architecture + Advocacy, and other topics.

Speaker Information

Image	First Name	Last Name	Institution	Award Program Name	Degree Sought	Primary Area of Expertise	Project Name	Bio	Sponsorship IDs	Sponsorship Names
	Leen Raed Khaled	Arnaout	University of California-San Francisco (San Francisco-CA)	International Doctoral Degree Fellowships	Doctor of Philosophy	Public Health	Using Computational Biology to Battle Trachoma: The World’s Leading Cause of Blindness	Leen Arnaout, a second-year Jordanian Ph.D. student in the University of California, Berkeley – University of California, San Francisco graduate program in bioengineering, is working in the lab of Dr. Ian Holmes to develop computational tools to study th	1143	California State Division
	Julia	Best	Dominican University of California (San Rafael-CA)	Career Development Grants	Master of Family Therapy	Psychology	Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy	Growing up on an ashram in Florida, Julia Best has always been fascinated with people’s motivations. Since obtaining her bachelor’s in cultural anthropology, she’s followed a diverse career path as a massage therapist, a small-business owner, and a nanny.	4403; 4424; 4420; 4364; 4314; 4271; 4240; 1224; 1240; 1293; 1269; 1270; 1579; 1777; 1872; 1544; 1548; 1559; 1596	Morgan Hill (CA) Wildflower Run R&P; Salandra, Helen & Marie/Friedel Volz; Half Moon Bay (CA) 50th Anniversary; Sunnyvale-Cupertino (CA) 50th Anniversary R&P; Nevada County Branch Diamond Jubilee Grant; Reimer, Barbara Taylor; Treguboff, Dr. Zoe Liles; Krane, Roseann/Clayton (CA) Branch; Fremont (CA) Branch; San Francisco (CA) Branch/Helen Fell; Mainwaring, Shirley Melchor/Menlo-Atherton (CA) Branch; Marin (CA) Branch Charter Members; Hedrick, Isabel/Patricia Orme/Nevada County (CA) Branch; Phillips, Ruth/Nevada County (CA) Branch; Nevada County (CA) Branch; Modesto (CA) Branch Charter Members; Pleasant Hill (CA) Branch; Davis (CA) Branch 20th Anniversary; San Mateo (CA) Branch
	Linh	Chuong	University of California-Los Angeles (Los Angeles-CA)	American Dissertation Fellowships	Doctor of Philosophy	Public Health	Social Policies and Societal Health: A Look at the Uptake and Health Impacts of Tax Credits on Immigrant, Working- and Middle-Class Children, Women and Families	Linh Chuong believes research, thoughtfully conducted and simply communicated, can improve the health and well-being of disenfranchised populations by connecting the dots between policy, practice and people. Her dissertation explores why there are differe	1050; 1530; 1691; 1887	Graham, Gladys Murphy; Schuster, Sharon/Dorothy Fox; Ghormley, Evelyn McLean; Black, Arlene M.
	Shuchi	Dwivedi	American Film Institute Conservatory	International Master's/First Professional Degree Fellowships	Master of Fine Arts	Creative Writing	Screenwriting	Shuchi Dwivedi is a history major and a criminal lawyer who is currently a screenwriting fellow at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles. In 2022 she completed cowriting her first feature film. She has previously assisted in adapting an Emmy Award-Wi	1166	Massa, Juanita Teach
	Shanice	Estrada	Charles R. Drew Univ of Medicine & Science (Los Angeles-CA)	Career Development Grants	Master of Health Science	Health & Medicine	Master of Health Science, Physician Assistant	Born and raised in an underserved community has made Shanice Estrada the woman she is today. Because her grandmother was a diabetic, helping her is where Estrada’s passion for health care originated. Growing up in a community filled with inequalities and	1203; 1212; 1219; 1222; 1223; 1276; 1294; 1298; 1305; 1306; 1316; 1338; 1773; 1833; 1836; 1867; 4088; 4105; 4284; 4353	Arcadia (CA) Branch/Mae Sexsmith; Bratmon, Ann/Thousand Oaks (CA) Branch; Carpenter, Marilyn/Thousand Oaks (CA) Branch; Chase, Pearl B./Santa Barbara (CA) Branch; Claremont (CA) Branch; Mission Viejo (CA) Branch Charter Members; Santa Monica Bay Area (CA) Branch; Shenk, Dallas/Los Angeles (CA) Branch; Torrance (CA) Branch; Tustin (CA) Branch; Alhambra-San Gabriel (CA) Branch; Covina (CA) Branch; Fresno (CA) Branch; Purkerson, Sharon/Humboldt Inc. (CA) Branch; Ditter, Vernell/Tustin (CA) Branch; Orinda-Moraga-Lafayette (CA) Branch/Gloria Weston; Oxnard-Hueneme (CA) Branch; Johndrew, Bernice Black/Redlands (CA) Branch; Medina, Rowene Aguirre/Tustin (CA) Branch; Gallagher, Tena Research and Projects Grant
	Brittany	Friedman	University Of Southern California (Los Angeles-CA)	American Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowships	Post Doctorate	Sociology	Cover-ups, Capitalism and the Dark Side of Saviors	Brittany Friedman is a sociologist of punishment and social control, specializing in critical race theory, Black feminist thought and access to justice. Her work examines questions of predation, oppression, capitalism and inequality from the site of insti	1058; 1067; 1785; 4066	Haupt, Meta McBride; Kershaw, Rosellen; Winter, Chris Nilson; Horan, Judith A.
	Sneha	George	University of California-Riverside (Riverside-CA)	American Dissertation Fellowships	Doctor of Philosophy	Ethnic & Cultural Studies	The Absent Presence of Antiblackness: Ownership and the Self-Making of a Scholar	Sneha George is a Ph.D. candidate in ethnic studies at the University of California, Riverside. She received a master’s in international relations at The New School. She was a leading member of Critical Anti-Violence Research and Action, which is an aboli	1800; 1805; 4168; 4222	Carpenter, Anne/Palm Springs (CA) Branch; Young, Grace Victoria; Les, Anne; Gallups, Betty/Corona-Norco (CA) Branch
	Tunisha	Gyawali	Stanford University (Stanford-CA)	International Master's/First Professional Degree Fellowships	Master of Science	Engineering	Master’s in Structural Engineering	Tunisha Gyawali is primarily involved in research in the fields of structural, earthquake and environmental engineering for sustainable built-up environment and infrastructure development. The International Fellowship comes as a great reinforcement to hel	1191	Thompson, Dora B.
	Dana	Harmon	California Lutheran University (Thousand Oaks-CA)	Research Publication Grants in Engineering, Medicine and Science		Biology	Characterizing the Role of the EmrAB-TolC Multidrug Efflux Pump in Regulation of Metabolism in E. coli	Dana Harmon is an assistant professor in the biology department at California Lutheran University. Her research is focused on the role of efflux pumps in metabolism and stress responses in E. coli. Her goal is to understand how efflux pumps control metabo	1742; 4295; 1889; 4412	Redlands (CA) Branch; Cha, Kathleen; Thousand Oaks (CA) Branch Inc. 30th Anniversary; Aldrich, Jean
	Katelyn	Harris	Stanford University (Stanford-CA)	Selected Professions Fellowships	Master of Business Admin	Business		Katie Harris is an MBA candidate with a focus on general management and a specialized certificate in public management and social Innovation. She is passionate about the intersection of education, technology and media: three industries that she believes p	1060; 1114; 1410; 1829	Henry, Ruby/Napa County (CA) Branch; Schultz, Vera L./Marin County (CA) Branch; Garfein, Carolyn; Perry, Nora Harris
	Bambi	Hauptman	University Of California-Merced (Merced-CA)	American Dissertation Fellowships	Doctorate	Environmental Sciences	Slipping Through the Cracks: A Geospatial and Treatment Analysis of 1,2,3-Trichloropropane (TCP) in Drinking-Water Supplies	Bambi Hauptman is a Ph.D. candidate in environmental systems. Her research applies machine-learning models to 1,2,3-Trichloropropane (TCP) contamination and tests the efficiency of point-of-use filters and carbon filters derived from agricultural residues	1045; 1865; 4244; 4245	Fresno (CA) Branch; Stilwell, Patricia B.; Women's University Club; Women's University Club
	Sonya	Hauser-Steele	University of California-Berkeley (Berkeley-CA)	Career Development Grants	Certificate	Computer & Information Sciences	Programming Certification	Sonya Hauser-Steele is a modern-language major who was intrigued by technology after working at an international company after graduating from college.	1242; 1262; 1890; 1891; 4036; 4059; 4068; 4084; 4127; 4128; 4129; 4130; 4140; 4173; 4182; 4190; 4192; 4198	Fullerton (CA) Branch; Laguna Beach (CA) Branch/Laguna Hills (CA) Branch; Heising, Mary Ellen; Scanlon, Gloria; Mann, Patricia Ann/Livermore-Pleasanton-Dublin (CA) Branch; Jamieson, Edith/Mabel Hoffman; O'Grady, Adele/Salinas (CA) Branch; Rutherford, Betty; Clark, Anna/Tehachapi Mountain (CA) Branch; Crute, Hazel; Hively, Mary/Oakland-Piedmont (CA) Branch; Long Beach (CA) Branch/Ethel P. Black; Burdett, Jo; Auburn (CA) Branch; Freely, Sharon— Memorial; Martin, Fritzi/Pasadena (CA) Branch; Fresno (CA) Branch Members' Memorial; Scrivener, Barbara
	Madelene	Javier Dailey	University Of Southern California (Los Angeles-CA)	Selected Professions Fellowships	Master of Architecture	Architecture & Planning	Architecture + Advocacy	Madelene Dailey is an urban planner from Florida, working primarily on projects related to community infrastructure planning and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulation. Her work intersects equitable urban planning with sustainable design. She al	1068; 1076; 1105; 1866	Lanphier, Virginia; Maurer, Harriet; Riley, Susan B.; Bordner, Susan
	Adiba	Juya	Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterrey	International Master's/First Professional Degree Fellowships	Master of Arts	Economics	Research on "The Impact of Female Labor Force Participation on Extreme Poverty: Exploring Afghanistan’s Political and Economic Contexts Post-August 2021"	Adiba Juya’s profound interest in Data Policy and analytics stems from the start of her career with the Afghan Ministry of Finance, where she served as the Policy Evaluation Head. She believes that the scarcity of data and research in her hometown, Afghan	4056	Palo Alto (CA) Branch
	Paula	Kirya	University of California-San Diego (La Jolla-CA)	Selected Professions Fellowships	Master of Science	Engineering	Bioinspired nano-optical metasurfaces for histopathology	Paula Kirya is pursuing a master’s degree in mechanical engineering at the University of California, San Diego. Her research focuses on developing innovative techniques to visualize tissue microstructure with bioinspired metasurfaces, enabling noninvasive	1112; 1767; 1888; 1097	San Diego (CA) Branch; San Diego (CA) Branch II; Manelis, Karen Tibodeau; Givens, Eileen Hadley
	Jessica	Lau	California State University-Fullerton	Career Development Grants		Education		Hello, my name is Jessica Lau! I am currently finishing up my last year of the Multiple Subjects Teaching Credential Program at California State University, Fullerton in order to become a full-time educator. I would like to wholeheartedly thank AAUW for g	1632; 1633; 1635; 1657; 1659; 1688; 1740; 1812; 1882; 4034; 4078; 4242; 4252; 4254; 4263; 4266; 4281; 4285	Menlo-Atherton (CA) Branch 35th Anniversary; Mowers, Helen Wagner; Savage, Sandra; San Bruno (CA) Branch; Danville-Alamo (CA) Branch/Oakland-Piedmont (CA) Branch; Woldin, Judy/Fremont (CA) Branch; Richmond-El Cerrito (CA) Branch; Kadonaga, Heidi; San Carlos (CA) Branch 50th Jubilee; San Carlos (CA) Branch 50th Jubilee; Whittier (CA) Branch 75th Anniversary; Lindsey, Lucy/Margaret Hankle; Garrison, Jeanne J., Ph.D.; San Clemente-Capistrano Bay (CA) Branch; Rafello, Ruth; Pappe, Judith A.; Cady, Connie; Johnson, Audrey and Toby; Bea, Autumn/Helen Christensen
	Krystal	Lau	Stanford University (Stanford-CA)	Selected Professions Fellowships	Master of Business Admin	Business		Krystal Lau is a product manager with experience in emerging markets, with a focus on digital literacy and education products for new-to-internet users. She is currently based out of the San Francisco Bay Area and will be matriculating at Stanford Graduat	1592; 4046; 4120; 4391	Northern District of California; Coe, Vivian Lamont; Martinez (CA) Branch 50th Anniversary; Danville-Alamo-Walnut Creek (CA) Branch 45th Anniversary
	Cambrian	Lopez-Boyd	Southwestern College (Chula Vista-CA)	Career Development Grants	Certificate	Business	Cambrian Lopez career grant	Cambrian Lopez-Boyd is continuing her higher education journey to move into an administrative position within the deaf-education system. She currently uses sign language to facilitate communication, but she would like to take that a step further and lead	1266; 1267; 1278; 1285; 1484; 1690; 1739; 1810; 1834; 4032; 4096; 4125; 4148; 4289; 4313; 4316; 4321; 4360; 4372	Lompoc-Vandenberg (CA) Branch; Los Gatos-Saratoga (CA) Branch; Moraes, Naomi Kragen (CA); Poluzzi, Marilyn George/San Diego County (CA) Branch; San Clemente-Capistrano Bay (CA) Branch; Palm Springs (CA) Branch; Clark, Joyce E./Long Beach (CA) Branch; Greenberg, Anna Hoffman; Thayer, Roberta/Laguna Beach (CA) Branch; Danville-Alamo (CA) Branch; Walker, Elois June—Memorial; Vestal, Elizabeth; AAUW of California—21st Century and Beyond; Long Beach (CA) Branch; Harberson, Joan Densmore; Robison, Muriel S.--R&P Grant; Lilly, Donna/Rita Wustner R&P Grant; Taylor, Gloria/Judy Pfeil Research and Projects Grant; Sacramento (CA) Branch 100th Anniversary
	Katherine	Maldonado	University of California-Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara-CA)	American Dissertation Fellowships	Doctor of Philosophy	Sociology	“Let Us Be the Healing of the Wound”: Child-Welfare-System-Impacted Mothers and Mental Health	Katherine Maldonado Fabela is a Chicana mother and activist from South Central Los Angeles and a Ph.D. candidate at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her research areas include socio-legal studies, medical sociology, inequalities, and visual an	1083; 4159; 4213; 4368	Miller, Anita; Fullerton Golden Fund; Del Mar-Leucadia (CA) Branch 50th Anniversary; Hart, Mildred and Elisabeth Hart Bathgate American Fellowship
	Jennifer	Noji	University of California-Los Angeles (Los Angeles-CA)	American Dissertation Fellowships	Doctor of Philosophy	Language & Literature	The Implicated Reader: Politics of Address in Literatures of Human Rights	Jennifer Noji is a Ph.D. candidate in comparative literature at the University of California, Los Angeles. She works in Asian American and ethnic studies, memory studies, narrative theory and human rights. Her dissertation explores how literature can empl	1072; 4124	Los Angeles (CA) Branch; Wulff, Krys/Geraldine Matlock
	Herdís	Pálsdóttir	California State University - Sacramento	International Master's/First Professional Degree Fellowships	Master of Science	Psychology	An Evaluation of the Effects of Multiple-Exemplar Training on Emergent and Generalized Behavior	My project will be examining a teaching method that is used to teach verbal behavior to children with ASD and other developmental disabilities. Finding an effective and time-efficient method for teaching verbal behavior is crucial as it could reduce the l	1193	Townsend, Anna Stofflet
	Laura	Roque	University Of Southern California (Los Angeles-CA)	American Dissertation Fellowships	Doctor of Philosophy	Creative Writing	Aguanta, Diana: A Novel	Laura Roque is the daughter of Cuban exiles and was raised in Hialeah, Florida. She is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Southern California and a fiction writer in their creative writing program. Her project, Aguanta, Diana: A Novel, picks apart mat	4080; 4197; 4288	Bathgate, Elisabeth; Brown, Joanne; Wolbach, Marie
	Carla	Salazar Gonzalez	University of California-Los Angeles (Los Angeles-CA)	American Dissertation Fellowships	Doctor of Philosophy	Sociology	Race and Gender in U.S. Immigration Policy: Mothers Seeking Asylum at the U.S.–Mexico Border	Carla Salazar Gonzalez’s dissertation asks how and why are Central American mothers sent to Mexico at the U.S.–Mexico border, despite seeking asylum in the U.S. What are the implications and consequences of restrictive immigration policies and laws? Her r	1084; 1119; 1883; 4228	Miller, Jeanette Muse; Southeast District; Lecce, Mooneen and Joseph; Adler, Helen Fund
	Marina	Segatti	University of California-Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz-CA)	American Dissertation Fellowships	Doctor of Philosophy	Gender Studies	Queer and Trans Digital Activism: Neoconservatism and Democracy in Brazil	Marina Segatti is a Ph.D. candidate in the feminist studies department with designated emphases in Latin American Latino studies and critical race and ethnic studies at UC, Santa Cruz. Her research interests focus primarily on digital culture, queer anthr	1049; 1802; 4304; 4325	Gordan, Elsa Bickel/San Francisco (CA) Branch; Blaine, Irene/Barbara Cate/Morgan Hill (CA) Branch; Frech, Katherine S.; San Jose (CA) Branch Centennial
	Danielle	Senecharles	University of California-San Francisco (San Francisco-CA)	Career Development Grants	Master of Nursing	Health & Medicine		I am a first-generation Afro-Caribbean Black American. I am the first registered Nurse and medical professional in my family. I was fortunate to be surrounded by strong, resilient women who exemplified empowerment. These experiences created a desire to pu	1239; 1249; 1254; 1271; 1302; 1442; 1460; 1550; 1689; 1692; 1788; 1801; 1811; 1832; 1835; 1868; 4109; 4138	Felton, Dr. Victoria C.; Haupt, William F. and Meta M.; Moore-Johnson, Judith; McGuire, Winona; Sunnyvale-Cupertino (CA) Branch 20th Anniversary; Hobe, Bernice; McGregor, Betty; Porter, Agnes/Myrtle Youngman; Marysville-Yuba City (CA) Branch; Gordon, Jodi; Nilson, Marjorie Baxter; Giebeler, Sally Juer; Novato (CA) Branch; Haverty, Patricia; Inskeep, Connie Wright; Downey, Kristine Lynn; Hall, Margaret J.; McAleese, Peggy B.
	Carolina	Siqueira de Novaes Franco	University of California-Irvine (Irvine-CA)	International Doctoral Degree Fellowships	Doctor of Philosophy	Biology	Vitamin B6 is governed by the local compartmentalization of metabolic enzymes during growth	Carolina is a Pharmaceutical Sciences PhD student at UC Irvine. She is interested in how proteostasis and metabolism dictates cancer cell biology. She will use the AAUW International Fellowship to investigate the role of vitamin B6 metabolism in colorecta	1161	Hyde, Ida H.
	Kimberly	Soriano	University of California-Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara-CA)	American Dissertation Fellowships	Doctor of Philosophy	Gender Studies	Toward Building a Rebel Archive of Suciedad: Aesthetic Refusal and Disrespectable Embodiments Disrupting Banishment, Gentrification and Policing in Los Angeles	Kimberly Soriano’s project argues that technologies of policing such as gang injunctions and unhoused-encampment sweeps mark subjects as undesirable due to their racialized, gendered and sexed differences. Simultaneously she traces the potentiality of aes	1011; 1787; 4251; 4379	Bean, Mary Laura; Keller, Evelyn Fox; Redding (CA) Branch 60th Anniversary; Russell, Lillian A. and Ardeen Russell-Quinn
	Ahu	Sumbas Yavasoglu	University of California-Los Angeles (Los Angeles-CA)	International Postdoctoral Fellowships	Post Doctorate	Gender Studies	Gendering Policy Making in the Elimination of Gender Disparities in Health: The Case of the United States	Ahu Sumbas Yavasoglu earned a doctorate in political science from Hacettepe University in Turkey. Later, she conducted research in Germany (2009–2010), the U.S. (2019) and Hungary (Luduvika Fellow, 2022–2023). She is coeditor of Economic, Legal and Policy	1186	Spaulding, Lucy L.
	Meron Aberra	Tassew	University Of Southern California (Los Angeles-CA)	International Master's/First Professional Degree Fellowships	Master of Business Admin	Business	MBA	I am Meron Aberra Tassew, pursuing an MBA at USC's Marshall Business School. I aim to make a social impact by combining my passion for business with a deep sense of responsibility. I aspire to leverage my education to drive positive change in communities	1147; 1629	Dickie, Margaret; Pedersen, Charlotte
	Katalina	Torres-Garcia	University of California-Irvine (Irvine-CA)	Career Development Grants	Master of Nursing	Health & Medicine	Career Development Grant	Katalina Torres-Garcia is continuing her journey as a care provider as she pursues her master of science in nursing with the goal of becoming a certified nurse midwife. With a background in community mental health, she hopes to contribute her knowledge, i	1297; 1540; 1547; 1551; 1563; 1565; 1593; 1595; 1598; 1658; 1694; 1819; 1842; 4035; 4161; 4199; 4201; 4202; 4212; 4224; 4239; 4273; 4374	Sears, Paul B.—Environmental; Haney, George E. and Lulu/ Robert D.and Mary Jane Lawrence; Pasadena (CA) Branch/Patricia Jenkins; Smith, Ann W.—Child/Ecology; Bovitz, Carole/Goleta Valley (CA) Branch; La Palma-Cerritos (CA) Branch; Camarillo (CA) Branch; Moss, Agnes/Palos Verdes Peninsula (CA) Branch; Simi Valley (CA) Branch; Anaheim (CA) Branch; Backus, Dorothy F./Laguna Beach (CA) Branch; Cox, Edna; Baughman, Ruth E.; Glendale (CA) Branch; Walnut Creek (CA) Branch 50th Anniversary; Barnhart, Jan/Gladys Betts/San Bruno (CA) Branch; Valena, Valentina; Hedrick, Isabel; Visher, Emily/Orinda-Moraga-Lafayette (CA) Branch; San Ramon (CA) Branch 25th Anniversary; Baurmash, Natalie; Cochran, Susan J.; Hetman, Alicia (CA) R&P Grant
	Georgia	Van Cuylenburg	Arts Bridging the Gap	Community Action Grants - One Year	Community Project	Art	Futures Rewired	Founded in 2014 by Georgia Van Cuylenburg, Arts Bridging the Gap creates arts programs to support youth in developing their communication skills, cognitive abilities and problem-solving skills. Futures Rewired is an after-school program for 12- to 18-year	4161	Walnut Creek (CA) Branch 50th Anniversary
	Joyce	Weaver	Academy Of Art College (San Francisco-CA)	Career Development Grants	Master of Arts	Art	Game Development	Joyce Weaver is a florist at a luxury flower shop, where she makes arrangements and deliveries. Her career goal is to become a 3-D character artist for video games and films. She graduated from Notre Dame de Namur University in 2015 with a B.A. in art and	1243; 1244; 1301; 1409; 1487; 1534; 1564; 1574; 1591; 1600; 1615; 1631; 1799; 1893; 4081; 4145; 4200; 4356	Gavin, Janet Breed/South Marin County (CA) Branch; Gordner, Dawn/Livermore-Pleasanton (CA) Branch; Stockton (CA) Branch; Walnut Creek (CA) Branch; Santa Maria (CA) Branch; Bakersfield (CA) Branch Past Presidents; Putnam, Helen/Petaluma (CA) Branch/Santa Rosa (CA) Branch 50th Anniversary; Mitchell, Annie/Visalia-Sequoia (CA) Branch; San Luis Obispo County Interbranch Council; Waterman, Gertrude/Salinas (CA) Branch Anniversary; Berkeley (CA) Branch/Florence Noyce Wirtz; Hayward-Castro Valley (CA) Branch; Millar, Elizabeth N.—Liberal and Fine Arts (CA); Southern Marin County (CA) Branch Charter Members; Sonoma (CA) Branch; Palo Alto (CA) Branch; San Mateo (CA) Branch 70th Anniversary; DeMasi, Vicki Lee/Marin (CA) Inc. Branch
	Hamee	Yong	University Of Southern California (Los Angeles-CA)	Selected Professions Fellowships	Juris Doctor	Law		Hamee Yong seeks to humanize and defend the rights of BIPOC, the marginalized and the accused. She wants to become a public defender after law school. She hopes to provide trauma-informed, holistic indigent defense to her clients from criminal to immigrat	1085; 1582; 1628; 1652	Morrison, May Treat; Nevin, Anna Burns; Bovitz, Carole Jones; Arbogast, Louise R.
	Carolyn	Zola	Stanford University	American Dissertation Fellowships	Doctor of Philosophy	History	Public Women: Urban Provisioners in 19th-Century America	Carolyn Zola is a Ph.D. candidate in history at Stanford University, where she explores questions of gender, race and labor in early America. Working at the intersection of social and cultural history, her dissertation explores the lives of female street	1019; 1113; 1121; 1820	Brown, Winifred W./San Jose (CA) Branch; San Francisco (CA) Branch/Mildred Bickel; Stanton, Evelyn Filice; Hawaii Pacific