Da Silva and Nguyen’s project, “Empowering Timorese Youth through Enhanced Education: Building a Future of Change and Progress,” focuses on education, leadership training and civic engagement for high school students living in rural areas.
“I’ve always been passionate about bringing change, and being a chemistry major does not change the fact that I want to be impactful in my community,” says Michell Mamombe ’27.
Jackson’s project aims to address the disproportionality in discipline rates between student groups in the school district and the correlation of suspensions with increased dropout rates and involvement in the legal system.
Benedicte and Alexander conceived of these projects separately, but the connection between the projects extends further than the fact that they both take place in West Africa.