Rohatyn Global Scholars 2022-23

2022-2023 RGS Cohort:

Robert Ambat, Ana Baez, William Beckerman, Isbeth Bustos, Jake Butler-Jancose, Juan Ceron, Charlie Fisch, Bryan Harris, Claire Hatch, Dario Hinojosa, Jannis Kastner, Arjun Kumar, Kayden Lemee, Oliver Loeser, Sophie Maris,Srivats Ramaswamy, Madaket Rzepka, and Benedict Shi.

ROBERT (ROB) AMBAT (Philippines)
Languages Spoken: English, Tagalog, Japanese
Languages Studied: Spanish, Chinese
Global Issues of Interest:

Debt-Trap Diplomacy
MNCs’ Exploitation
Globalization and Dependency

ANA BAEZ (United States)
Languages Spoken: English, Spanish
Global Issues of Interest:

Immigration
Global Health
Human Rights

WILLIAM (WILL) BECKERMAN (United States)
Language Spoken: English
Languages Studied: Spanish, Latin
Global Issues of Interest:

LGBTQ+ Rights
Healthcare Access in Developing Countries
Access to Education

ISBETH BUSTOS (United States)
Languages Spoken: English, Spanish
Language Studied: ASL
Global Issues of Interest:

Immigration
Global Health (Free)
Mass Incarceration

JAKE BUTLER-JANCOSE (United States)
Languages Spoken: English, Spanish, Yiddish
Languages Studied: Latin, French, Italian
Global Issues of Interest:

Decolonization
Workers’ Rights
Self-Determination of Oppressed Peoples

JUAN CERON (Colombia)
Languages Spoken: English, Spanish
Languages Studied: Russian, Turkish, French
Global Issues of Interest:

A.I.
Global Migration
Human Overpopulation

CHARLIE FISCH (United States)
Language Spoken: English
Languages Studied: Chinese, Spanish
Global Issues of Interest:

Capital Punishment
Trans Rights
Religious Persecution

BRYAN HARRIS (United States)
Language Spoken: English
Global Issues of Interest:

Global Warming
Misinformation
Crumbling Infrastructure

CLAIRE HATCH (United States)
Language Spoken: English
Languages Studied: French, Dutch
Global Issues of Interest:

Poverty and Climate Change
Poverty and Infectious Diseases
Global Hunger

DARIO HINOJOSA (United States)
Language Spoken: English
Languages Studied: Spanish
Global Issues of Interest:

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Nuclear Energy
Mexican Drug Cartels

JANNIS KASTNER (Germany)
Languages Spoken: English, German
Languages Studied: French
Global Issues of Interest:

Global Military Complex
Europe’s Immigration “Crisis”
Palestinian Genocide

ARJUN KUMAR (United States)
Language Spoken: English
Languages Studied: Spanish, Chinese
Global Issues of Interest:

Global Health
Religious Conflict
Refugee Shelter

KAYDEN LEMEE (United States)
Languages Spoken: English, French
Languages Studied: Spanish, Tagalog

Global Issues of Interest:

Food Disparities along Racial Lines
Environmental Racism
(Asian) Hate Crimes

OLIVER LOESER (United States)
Language Spoken: English
Language Studied: French
Global Issues of Interest:

Human Rights Violations
Global Responses to Conflicts
Global South Exploitation and First World Impunity

SOPHIE MARIS (United States)
Language Spoken: English
Language Studied: French
Global Issues of Interest:

Reproductive Rights
Human Trafficking
LGBTQ Rights

SRIVATS RAMASWAMY (United States; India)
Languages Spoken: English, Tamil
Language Studied: Spanish
Global Issues of Interest:

War on Terror
Poverty and Child Labor
Renewable Energy/Climate Change Solutions

MADAKET RZEPKA (United States)
Language Spoken: English
Language Studied: French
Global Issues of Interest:

Climate Change
Mental Health
Economic Inequality

BENEDICT SHI (United States)
Languages Spoken: English, Chinese
Language Studied: German
Global Issues of Interest:

Healthcare Inequality
Food Insecurity
Climate Change