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PKG Fellow, Ana Velarde (’24) awarded MIT Change-Maker Award!

Ana Velarde has been recognized as the 2023 Outstanding Undergraduate Student for her work that challenges the cultural norms regarding sexual violence and harassment. Ana was a summer 2023 PKG…

PKG Alum, Victor Damptey featured in MIT News!

Victor participated in our spring break and COPE Navajo Nation programs. Victor Damptey has been studying Spanish ever since he attended a language-immersion elementary school. “It was a great opportunity…

PKG Alum, David Heller featured in Slice of MIT!

All through middle and high school, David Heller ’18 wanted to be a doctor. In January 2016, the second year MIT student travelled to Togo with a few of his…

PKG Alum, Mercy Oladipo featured in MIT News!

Choosing a major was a long process for Mercy Oladipo. Coming into MIT, she was interested in both computer science and medicine, but a plan for how those passions would…

PKG Fellow, Jupneet Singh featured in MIT News!

As a first-year U.S. Air Force cadet in the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC), Jupneet Singh never imagined she would rise to the rank of wing commander by the end…

Social Impact Intern, Julian Zulueta, featured in MIT News!

Julian Zulueta (’23) was a social impact intern during the summer of 2020. Read more about Julian’s reflections on their CDC Foundation internship experience, here! Julian discussed their PKG experience…

PKG Alum, Dr. Natalia Rodriguez honored as emerging scholar in Diverse Magazine

Dr. Natalia Rodriguez Title: Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health and Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University; Associate Director of Population Health and Health Equity, Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering…

PKG Fellowship and IDEAS Alum, Amrita Saigal ’10 was featured on Shark Tank!

In 2012, Amrita Saigal quit her dream job. After working as a Procter & Gamble engineer for two years, the MIT and Harvard University graduate didn’t understand why the company…

PKG Alumni named in Forbes 30 Under 30 List

For 2023, Forbes collected trailblazers from all-around North America to represent 20 fields, from sports to venture capital. You can check out the Forbes’ full 30 Under 30 lists here.…

PKG Service Spotlight: Alumna founds STEM nonprofit rooted in her childhood memories

From childhood Netia McCray (’14), has deeply valued the representation of African American woman in education. As an adolescent, McCray remembers being snuggled up under her bed covers at night…