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Social Innovation Fellows

Announcing the 2022-23 Social Innovation Fellows

Students head for class on Centennial Campus

NC State Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship is happy to announce the students who will comprise the 2022-23 cohort of Social Innovation Fellows.

This sixth cohort of fellows will begin their journey this August. Stay tuned to learn more about these students, their stories and their commitment to social impact in our communities.

Ama Afriyie-Jenkins

Graduate Student, 2024 | Master of International Studies with a concentration in gender and foreign policy in sub-Saharan Africa
College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Amrita Ganesh

Rising senior, 2023 | Business administration with a concentration in finance
Poole College of Management

Audrey Westlund

Rising sophomore, 2025 | Industrial engineering with a minor in environmental science
College of Engineering and College of Natural Resources

Ben Dudley

Rising senior, 2023 | Business administration with a concentration in marketing
Poole College of Management

Harshita Gupta

Rising junior, 2024 | Computer science with a minor in entrepreneurship
College of Engineering and Poole College of Management

Jabson Aloma

Rising junior, 2024 | Mechanical engineering with a minor in business entrepreneurship
College of Engineering

Jacqueline Cerda-Smith

Graduate student, 2024 | Lifespan developmental psychology
College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Kameryn Sessoms

Graduate student, 2023 | Public administration
College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Kelly Koehler

Rising senior, 2023 | Zoology and biochemistry with a minor in applied ecology
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, College of Natural Resources, and College of Sciences

Kiran Soma

Rising junior, 2024 | Communication media and chemistry
College of Humanities and Social Sciences and College of Sciences

Kristen Belue

Rising junior, 2024 | Biology concentration in nutritional, sociological, and behavioral determinants of health with a minor in entrepreneurship
College of Sciences and Poole College of Management

Michaela Langley

Rising senior, 2023 | Anthropology, nonprofit studies, and history
College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Natalie Cotton

Rising junior, 2024 | Economics and business administration majors with a concentration in information technology
Poole College of Management

Prem Gandhi

Rising junior, 2024 | Industrial engineering with a minor in statistics and economics
College of Engineering

Sahib Chandi

Rising junior, 2024 | Nutritional science and international studies with a minor in Spanish
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Sydney Earl

Graduate student, 2025 | Applied social and community psychology
College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Syna Sharma

Rising sophomore, 2025 | Middle grades education: Language arts and social studies
College of Education

Zach Perry

Graduate student, 2023 | Public administration with a certificate in nonprofit management
College of Humanities and Social Sciences