Alumni

Persephone Reeves

Born and raised in London, I recently moved to New York and was astonished by experiencing the differences between the “two nations separated by a common language.” I found it...

Saiya Sahai Mittal

I have always been fascinated by the millennia-old building blocks of knowledge. Ideas and developments from the past are essential to future advancements in any field. I find it fascinating...

Stephanie Se-Aun Park

After having written a research paper for my US history class during my sophomore year, I became enamored with delving into historical documents, understanding the context of the era, and...

Shelley Tang

My interest in education policy began in the 8th grade when I wrote a research paper on Brown v. Board of Education. While reading testimonies, I discovered the importance of...

Michael Lu

Upon first translating Cicero’s first Catilinarian in a Latin class three years ago, I was immediately struck by the forcefulness of his language and the narrative that he spun against...

Shiven Jain

I developed a passion for film criticism before I did for films themselves. Seeing film criticism as a self-contained art form, I began engaging not just with the discourse surrounding...