Undergraduate Director’s Fellows

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ISPS Director's Fellow 2023

Sebastian Duque is a junior in Branford College majoring in environmental studies and political science. He is from Miami, where his family settled down after migrating from Colombia when he was 6. Duque is interested in environmental policy and is particularly passionate about incorporating cross-disciplinary environmental justice issues into public policy. In the past, he’s worked as an environmental justice fellow at Dejusticia and a development intern at Common Ground.

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ISPS Director's Fellow 2023

Nasser Eid is a sophomore in Jonathan Edwards College interested in studying political science and African American studies. Nasser describes himself as inspired by the prophetic fire of James Baldwin and the moral energy of John Coltrane. As a Muslim, Eid speaks of his dedication to faith-based approaches to building peace, love, and joy in our world. He is interested in critically engaging with revolutionary faith, political rebellion, and racial justice.

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ISPS Director's Fellow 2023

Resty Fufunan is a junior in Trumbull College studying ethnicity, race, and migration and statistics and data science. Now based in the San Francisco Bay Area, his hometown of Chicago still largely informs his policy interests. His work primarily concerns issues affecting Asian American communities, with a focus on visualizing data collected with both qualitative and quantitative methods. He serves as co-head student coordinator of the Asian American Cultural Center at Yale and has previously conducted policy research at the UChicago Data Science Institute’s Summer Lab.

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ISPS Director's Fellow 2023

Theo Haaks is a junior in Branford College from eastern Wisconsin. As a political science major with an interdisciplinary concentration in urbanism, he is interested in affordable housing policy, land use law, and sustainable public infrastructure in both urban and rural settings. He has served as a legislative intern in Congress and has interned with New Haven City Plan and the New York City Housing Authority. At Yale, Haaks is a Dwight Hall urban fellow for DesegregateCT and a student co-coordinator for First-year Outdoor Orientation Trips (FOOT).

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ISPS Director's Fellow 2023

Zoe Hsu is a junior in Berkeley College studying political science. She is passionate about socioeconomic justice within the criminal legal system. Hsu previously served as student body vice president, advocating for financial equity at Yale.

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ISPS Director's Fellow 2023

Kelly Li is a community college transfer student and senior in Branford College majoring in political science. On campus, she works as a research assistant for ISPS Resident Faculty Fellow Allison Harris and as a peer liaison for the Asian American Cultural Center. During her time at Yale, Li has engaged grassroots efforts as a community college legislative advocate, and she is wants to promote policies that support the success of community college students.

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ISPS Director's Fellow 2023

Isaidy Medina is a sophomore in Silliman College majoring in history. She is from New York City and is interested in researching access to education in immigrant communities, especially in relation to politics and policies of citizenship. On campus, she volunteers with the Elm City Echo, a student-run literary magazine, and works at the Yale Center for British Art.

ISPS Director's Fellow 2023

Lauren Moore is a junior in Morse College from Lantana, Texas. She is currently an Ethics, Politics, and Economics major, with a specific focus on law & social equity for marginalized groups. Lauren is passionate about achieving policy that works towards voting rights, community infrastructure rebuilding, and education. She has explored these passions through her roles in Yale College Council, the Center for Popular Democracy, and working in the US House of Representatives under Congresswoman & former Appropriations Chair Rosa DeLauro.

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ISPS Director's Fellow 2023

Isabella Morales is a junior in Berkeley College from El Paso, Texas. She is majoring in political science and ethnicity, race, & migration and is particularly interested in voting rights advocacy in communities of color, such as those in her home state. At Yale, Morales currently serves as the voter advocacy coordinator for the Yale College Democrats, an editorial intern for the Yale Law Journal, and a library assistant at Sterling Memorial Library.

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ISPS Director's Fellow 2023

Jasmine Oang is a junior in Morse College studying history with a specialization in politics, law, and government. As a first-generation college student from Los Angeles, Oang is interested in serving low-income, marginalized communities. She found a way to channel her passion into education and mental health policy work after serving as a policy intern for the New Haven Public Schools.

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