Jesse Rackley is a Bonner Leader partnered with RENA Community Center working on youth development and education through the afterschool program. Jesse works in the capacity of mentor/tutor for children aged kindergarten through middle school. Jesse is also a member of … Read more

Alicia Lee is a sophomore at UNC majoring in Public Policy with a minor in Spanish for the Legal Profession. Alicia works for Farmer Foodshare to address food insecurity doing everything from writing for newsletters and maintaining their websites to … Read more

Nesreen Abu Khalaf is from Lexington, North Carolina. Nesreen is a sophomore majoring in Computer Science with minors in Entrepreneurship and Geography. The main social justice issue Nesreen works on is childhood hunger and food insecurity. Nesreen’s community partner is TABLE … Read more

Sunny Osment is a junior at UNC-Chapel Hill majoring in Global Studies with a concentration in Latin America and Social Movements and Women’s and Gender Studies. Sunny works as a Bonner Intern at Boomerang Youth, Inc., which works to engage disconnected … Read more

Karen Huang is a first-year Bonner Leader majoring in Biology. The community partner Karen is associated with is the Refugee Community Partnership. Karen is working as a Bridge Builder which means that she visits a specific family each week to helps … Read more

Kalton Tate of Chapel Hill is a graduate of East Chapel Hill High School and is pursuing a degree in Media and Journalism at UNC. Karlton works with the nonprofit Empowerment to address housing inequity and promote community building in … Read more

Taylor Jost graduated from Sanderson High School in Raleigh, NC. As an officer for the National Honor Society and Environmental Awareness Club, Taylor directed service projects centered around environmental stewardship. In addition to this, Taylor served on the executive council … Read more

Micaela Campbell is a first-year Bonner Leader studying English and hopes to join the MAT program to become an educator. Micaela works with her community partner, SCALE to increase literacy through a social justice framework. Micaela is passionate about the conversation … Read more

Wyatt Woodson is a first-year Bonner Leader from Wilmington, North Carolina who attended Isaac Bear Early College. While there, he participated in coaching Middle School students in Science Olympiad and helped to found the school’s newspaper. Now at UNC, Wyatt … Read more

Diamond Jones is a first-year Bonner Leader majoring in Biology with a minor in Psychology. Throughout her high school career, Diamond participated in the marching band. Diamond also was a member of the Quiz Bowl for two years. Diamond is partnered with … Read more