Our seven 2021 Brandeis/Heller Fellows brought varied passions, backgrounds, interests, and skills to their mission-based summer internships. The Segal Program works with our Network to find tailored opportunities for each Fellow that will help them grow and have an impact over the summer. Our sincere thanks to our host site partners for welcoming Fellows into their teams and helping with their growth as citizen leaders, so that they could support their work around: HIV & health equity, childcare and student debt initiatives in Boston, racial equity policy, policing reform, international peace building, youth immigration, and education advocacy through law.
2021 Brandeis Segal Fellow Maria Aranibar Landeo interned this summer with Human Rights Campaign (HRC). Maria served in the role of HIV & Health Equity Intern as a key stakeholder in the development and execution of an LGBTQ youth-serving program that will equip future leaders with the tools and resources for storytelling.
Video from Maria's 2021 Fellows in Action Panel Introduction below:
2021 Heller MPP Segal Fellow Adam Jones interned this summer at the City of Boston's Economic Mobility Lab (EML). Adam worked on projects which helped low- to moderate-income Bostonians build wealth and move up the economic ladder. He primarily focused on EML’s childcare and student debt initiatives, helping the City collect and analyze the critical data it needs to enact policy change.
Video from Adam's 2021 Fellows in Action Panel Introduction below:
2021 Heller MPP Segal Fellow Pierrce Holmes interned this summer with the RAND Corporation. Pierrce worked with RAND researchers Kathryn Edwards and Jonathan Welburn during his Segal Internship as a Visiting Scholar with The RAND Center to Advance Racial Equity Policy. His research and writing focused on economic equity, including the issue of reparations and associated policy. He also had the opportunity to carry what he learned over the summer into creating social change recommendations with the work done though his internship.
Video from Pierrce's 2021 Fellows in Action Panel Introduction below:
2021 Heller MPP Segal Fellow Mariela Martinez interned this summer with Search for Common Ground. Mariela worked with the Global Policy and Outreach team elevating the voices of local peacebuilders through policy research, strengthening SFCG’s collaborative partnerships with peer organizations, and implementing more effective advocacy campaigns in support of peacebuilding.
Video from Mariela's 2021 Fellows in Action Panel Introduction below:
2021 Brandeis Segal Fellow Catherine Romero interned this summer with The Safe Passage Project (SPP). Catherine worked on cases that involved immigration assistance for many young people throughout the immigration system and their advancement to entry within the United States. Part of the internship involved working directly with the young people SPP represents by engaging in virtual client meetings and phone calls.
Video from Catherine's 2021 Fellows in Action Panel Introduction below:
2021 Brandeis Segal Fellow Marissa Torelli interned this summer with the EdLaw Project. The mission of the EdLaw Project is to end the school-to-prison pipeline in Massachusetts by ensuring that the state's most vulnerable children receive a quality education through expert legal advocacy. Marissa's work at the EdLaw Project focused on helping to create more efficient systems around development and grant support, as well as supporting the education attorneys to find resources and supports for their clients.
Video from Marissa's 2021 Fellows in Action Panel Introduction below:
2021 Heller MPP Segal Fellow Andrea Tyree interned this summer with the Crime and Justice Institute (CJI). Andrea worked on projects related to monitoring and evaluating police departments and conducting policing research. She assisted with focused research, writing reports, and collecting and analyzing data, as well as coordinating with multiple stakeholders, including police departments, legislators, experts in police reform, and representatives from communities across the country.
Video from Andrea's 2021 Fellows in Action Panel Introduction below: