Project Analysts
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Boston
Senior Project Analysts
Miya Brado graduated with Distinction from the University of Michigan, where she earned a B.A. with majors in Political Science, English, and Spanish. She received High Honors from the Honors College for her senior thesis, Defending with the Head or the Heart: Tracing Two Styles of Public Defense in Michigan’s Adversarial Legal System. Her research examined how public defenders balance relational approaches to their clients with the structural and institutional demands of the criminal legal system, with particular attention to questions of efficiency, sustainability, and discretionary power. For her academic excellence and promise, Miya was awarded the William Jennings Bryan Prize by the Political Science Department, given annually to its most promising graduate.
Throughout college, Miya was deeply engaged in campus and community advocacy. She served as President of the Women’s Organization on Rights to Health (WORTH), leading initiatives to expand access to reproductive healthcare for students and the broader Ann Arbor community. As a volunteer with the Urgent Response Team of the Washtenaw Interfaith Coalition on Immigrant Rights, she helped connect local immigrants with housing, legal aid, and financial resources, often bridging language gaps through Spanish and English translation.
Miya also collaborated closely with the University of Michigan Law School as a founding executive board member of the Michigan Innocence Club, which is an undergraduate partnership with the law school’s Innocence Clinic that raised awareness and funds to support exonerees. In her senior year, she was selected for the Immigrant Justice Lab, where she co-authored an asylum brief and conducted research to support Michigan Immigrant Rights Center attorneys.
Her internships have spanned the nonprofit and legal sectors, including roles with Dr. Nicky Jackson’s Wrongful Conviction Taskforce, a private criminal defense firm, the Washtenaw County Public Defender’s Office, Breakthrough Greater Boston, and Harvard Law School’s Office of Public Interest Advising. Throughout these experiences, Miya has pursued a commitment to community service and justice reform efforts.
Olivia Martinez graduated with honors from Barnard College in 2025 with a B.A. in Political Science and Human Rights. Her senior thesis, The Architecture of Permissible Execution: The U.S. Supreme Court’s Construction of Constitutional Death, 1972-2015, examined how the Court’s capital punishment jurisprudence paradoxically constrained and legitimized state executions through procedural reforms while sidestepping deeper moral questions about government-sanctioned killing. Olivia also conducted ethnographic research in Buenos Aires, Barcelona, and Cape Town through an International Honors Program, culminating in Abolition Geography: Disrupting Reproduction of Colonial Hegemony.
At Barnard, Olivia served as President of the Athena Pre-Law Society, Head Student Admissions Representative for Barnard’s Alumnae Admissions Committee, and was a founding member of the Athena Student Advisory Council. Olivia further contributed to the Columbia Policy Institute’s Human Rights Center, working on efforts to end legacy admissions, and produced podcast episodes for the Columbia Undergraduate Law Review, exploring issues like the limitations of restraining orders in protecting domestic violence survivors. Outside the classroom, Olivia volunteered as an Advising Fellow with Matriculate, mentoring high-achieving, low-income high school students through the college application process.
During her summers, Olivia gained hands-on experience in New York’s political and judicial spheres. In 2022, she interned on the grassroots campaign of Miguelina Camilo in the Bronx for New York State Senate, using her Spanish fluency to canvas in underrepresented communities. The following summer, she worked in the office of Council Member Jennifer Gutiérrez, where she prepared policy briefings on the ethics of AI implementation in public education and supported research for a citywide Universal Child Care bill. In 2024, Olivia was selected for the Sonia & Celina Sotomayor Judicial Internship Program and interned in the chambers of Justice Patria Frias-Colón in Kings County Supreme Court, where she analyzed civil cases and drafted case summaries and verdict reports for the law clerks.
Olivia was awarded three fellowships during her time at Barnard: the Williams Fellowship for Women in Politics, the Building Leadership and Understanding Equity Fellowship, and the AI & Governance Fellowship hosted by Columbia AI Alignment.
Emma Sansom graduated summa cum laude from Northeastern University in 2025 with a B.S. in Criminal Justice and Political Science. At Northeastern, Emma contributed to two different research labs on campus as a research assistant. In the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, Emma assisted on a project examining the portrayal of the International Criminal Court in Sub-Saharan African media. The final paper was published online at The Journal of Politics in 2023. In the Violence and Justice Research Lab, Emma assisted on a project focused on the qualitative analysis of child sex trafficking and youth healthcare experiences. For her Senior Capstone Project, Emma conducted an independent exploratory study on educational programs aimed at helping low-income, high-achieving students, titled “Achieving Equity for Low-Income, High-Achieving Students: Policies and Programs in Connecticut and Massachusetts High Schools.”
Throughout her time at Northeastern, Emma was a member of Relay For Life of Northeastern University, serving as Executive Director for two years. Relay For Life is a nationwide, community-based fundraising event for the American Cancer Society, which aims to support cancer patients at every step of their journey. This past year, Northeastern’s Relay For Life was the largest collegiate event in the country and the highest fundraising collegiate event.
While at Northeastern, Emma completed two full-time co-op experiences. In 2023, she served as a Legal Recruiting Co-op at Mintz Levin’s Boston office, where she supported law student recruitment initiatives and contributed to the planning and execution of the firm’s 2023 Summer Associate Program. The following year, Emma joined the Pro Bono team at Goodwin Procter for her second co-op, where she helped enhance pro bono case management systems and conducted comprehensive data analysis on the firm’s pro bono portfolio.
Emma pursued several tutoring and mentoring opportunities in recent years, including her role with Rise Together Peer Mentoring. In this capacity, she supported local Boston high school students in navigating the college application process, offering guidance on academic planning, personal statements, and post-secondary preparedness. In her free time, Emma enjoys spending time with her family, exploring new coffee shops, attending spin classes, and reading on the beach!
Sneha Shenoy graduated magna cum laude with highest honors from Harvard College in 2025. She earned B.A. degrees in History and Science and Economics, a secondary in Global Health and Health Policy, and a Certificate for Civic Engagement as a part of the program’s inaugural cohort. Her Senior Thesis, “A Quest for Validation: A Modern History of the Evolving Ayurvedic Practice” explored the legal, social, and economic factors shaping and hindering the practice of Indian traditional medicine in the United States and Canada. Her thesis research was awarded a summa cum laude distinction.
While at Harvard, Sneha was heavily involved with the Harvard Global Health Institute (HGHI). In Summer of 2024, she interned at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Global Health Center in Washington, D.C. Here, she worked in the policy wing, creating briefs and coordinating interagency engagement with partners in the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). In 2023, Sneha worked at Sangath, a global mental health NGO in Goa, India. She conducted qualitative research for NAMASTE, a comprehensive youth Autism research project in South Asia. The summer prior, she interned at Fenway Health in Boston, engaging in health education policy and advocacy across the state of Massachusetts. These internships at the local, federal, and international levels confirmed Sneha’s interest in global health and health policy and expanded her interests to health-focused law.
Sneha was also heavily involved with cultural communities on Harvard’s campus. She served as President of the Harvard South Asian Association (SAA) and Captain of the Harvard Undergraduate Bhangra dance team. Through these organizations, Sneha became a student representative for affirmative action protection, fundraised for various political and climate crises in South Asia, and performed in dozens of dance showcases across the Northeast.
In her free time, Sneha enjoys taking early morning yoga classes, reading novels outdoors (weather permitting), and baking sweet treats with her friends.
Jessica Zeng graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Northwestern University in 2025 with a B.A. in Political Science and Legal Studies and a minor in Global Health Studies. Her senior thesis, The Less Equal Other: Images of the People’s Republic of China and the Shadows of Anti-Discrimination Jurisprudence in the Discourse Surrounding Florida Senate Bill 264, received departmental honors and won the Joe Feagin Undergraduate Paper Award from the American Sociological Association’s Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities. Her research analyzed how Florida SB 264, which restricts real property ownership by Chinese foreign nationals, perpetuates racialized portrayals of China and Chinese people and how such measures persist despite modern anti-discrimination doctrine. As a Farrell Fellow in Northwestern’s Department of Political Science, Jessica also contributed to an ongoing project examining the rise of political violence in the United States and its implications for democratic governance.
Beyond her academic work, Jessica served as Vice President of Client Development for Northwestern’s leading student-run pro bono consulting group, where she helped deliver strategic solutions for a diverse range of for- and non-profit clients from around the world. She was a captain on Northwestern University Mock Trial, earning an All-National Attorney Award as a first-year competitor, and served as a journal editor for the Northwestern Undergraduate Law Journal. During her third year, she studied abroad at the University of Oxford, focusing on contemporary Chinese politics and public international law.
Jessica’s summers were dedicated to building professional experiences at the intersection of law and finance. In 2024, she interned in the Office of Regulatory Liaison at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), supporting coordination with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and broker-dealer regulators nationwide. She previously interned in legal and compliance roles at BDT & MSD Partners and Johnson & Johnson.
Project Analysts
Stella Chiari graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Wellesley College in 2026 with a B.A. in philosophy and French cultural studies. These academic focuses led her to pursue fresh ideas in new countries, including a semester studying philosophy at the University of Oxford and a French immersion program in Aix-en-Provence. These formative experiences fostered an interest in French language instruction – with her essay on the subject earning the Wellesley French House Award for Cultural Studies – and the practical application of philosophy, both ancient and contemporary. Her departmental honors thesis, entitled “What Good Are Friends, Anyways?: Ethics, Aesthetics, and Narrative in Friendship,” considers the defining value of friendship within the human experience.
At Wellesley, Stella competed on the Wellesley College Mock Trial Team. As a sophomore, she captained the team that led Wellesley to the National Championship for the first time in 12 years. She was then elected president in both her junior and senior years, performing as both an attorney and a witness. Outside of both the classroom and the faux courtroom, Stella worked as a writing tutor and pursued a plethora of physical education opportunities at Wellesley, earning her the designation of Wellesley’s first Gladiator.
Formative legal exposure has led Stella to the Project Analyst program at Mintz. In 2023, Stella assisted the Middlesex County District Attorney’s Office with preparation for a homicide trial. In 2024, Stella worked with the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office’s Public Protection and Advocacy Bureau, specializing in cryptocurrency fraud cases. In 2025, Stella joined the Veteran’s Justice Project at the Harvard Legal Services Center. In this role she aided veterans who were wrongfully denied education and healthcare benefits under the Post 9/11 G.I. Bill.
In her free time, Stella can often be found with a good book, on a long walk, listening to pop music, on side quests with friends, or aggressively playing pickleball.
Sarah Jane Gavin graduated from Bates College in 2026 with a B.A. in Politics, concentrating in Philosophical, Literary and Legal Studies, and in Hispanic Studies with a General Education Concentration in Latin American and Latinx Studies. Her senior thesis in Politics, Fair Play and Fouls in Lex Sportiva: Applying Models of Substantive and Procedural Justice to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, analyzed cases of due process violations through an application of justice models, utilizing decisions issued by the Swiss Federal Tribunal and the European Court of Human Rights. She also conducted a senior thesis in Hispanic Studies, Reparación, reconciliación y representación fílmica: el papel de las mujeres y la justicia restaurativa en Maixabel (2021) y Patria (2020), which explored the role of women in propelling both formal and informal restorative justice practices in the wake of ETA violence in Spain’s Basque Country and its impact on constructed and collective memory in the region.
Throughout her time at Bates, Sarah Jane was deeply involved with community engagement in the Lewiston-Auburn area. Over the course of 4 years, she served as a mentor to two students at Lewiston High School (LHS) and in her senior year, she was selected as the Aspirations Club Co-President and as a Harward Center Community Outreach Fellow. Sarah Jane coordinated the LHS Mentorship program and expanded it to include NextStep, an alternative education initiative in collaboration with Tree Street Youth. She also volunteered as an underclassman with the Lewiston Middle School Lunch Mentorship Program, Book Buddies, and the Blake Street and Meadowview Brunch Program. For her community work, Sarah Jane was recognized with the Lewiston Strong award by Bates Athletics as an individual who “embodied collective resolve to foster healing, unity, and strength in the face of adversity through community engagement.” Additionally, as a four year member of the Bates Women’s Lacrosse Team, Sarah Jane served as a Community Liaison for two years and coordinated team service events, including an 8-week clinic series for LHS students. She is a 3-time NESCAC All-Academic Selection, 2-time IWLCA Honor Roll Selection, Senior Scholar awardee, and in her last year, she was elected as a senior leader.
Sarah Jane gained hands-on experience in both the private and public legal sectors in Boston and internationally, utilizing her Spanish fluency when she worked for the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office in the Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault unit. Her role supported attorneys with trial prep translations and assisted with drafting court motions. Sarah Jane also studied abroad through the Middlebury School in Spain where she was enrolled at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. She worked as an intern for Fundación ACOBE, an NGO focused on supporting immigrant communities, which allowed her the opportunity to study complex international immigration patterns and understand the inner workings of Spain’s legal and naturalization systems. During summer 2025 and winter 2026, Sarah Jane interned at Mintz Levin in the Private Client section, broadening her interest in the legal sector beyond public service. During her time at Mintz, she learned more about the estate planning and administration processes, developing her understanding of the relationship between federal legislation and planning for individual client needs. In her free time, Sarah Jane enjoys reading, rewatching the West Wing, going for hikes, attempting tennis, and discovering new restaurants with friends.
Emma Jing graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard College in 2026 with a B.A. in Government on the Law and Justice track and a secondary field in Sociology. Her senior thesis analyzed how China uses informal multilateral institutions to cultivate “discourse power” and normative alignment among states in the Global South. For her research, Emma received Highest Honors from the Government Department and was awarded the James Gordon Bennett Prize for outstanding research on a subject of American foreign policy.
During college, Emma pursued a longstanding interest in law, public policy, and international affairs. She served as President of Harvard Model Congress Asia, leading the organization’s international conference operations and facilitating civic engagement and public policy education for students across Asia. She also volunteered with the Harvard Small Claims Advisory Service, where she assisted Massachusetts residents in navigating legal procedures and preparing for small claims proceedings, helping improve access to legal services.
Emma gained legal and policy experience through internships in both the public and private sectors. Most recently, she interned at Holland & Knight, conducting regulatory and legislative research, tracking developments in Congress and federal agencies, and contributing to client advisories. She previously worked for the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), where she published research on international security issues and prepared materials for Congressional testimonies and interagency partners. Additionally, Emma was a legislative intern for Senator Tim Kaine and a finance intern for Senator Mark Warner.
In her free time, Emma enjoys biking along the Charles River, reading novels, trying out new recipes, and spending time with her cats.
Riley Kelly graduated with Distinction and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Michigan in 2026, where she received a B.A. in Public Policy with minors in Political Science and Spanish. Her policy focus area was the U.S. Supreme Court and its Effects on Policy, through which she published long-form articles as a writer for the Michigan Undergraduate Law Review on constitutional law topics, including "Equal Protection and Abortion Rights: An Exploration of the Strengths of Equality Arguments in a Post-Dobbs World" (2023), "Racial Gerrymandering Claims Post-Rucho: The Need for a Legal Acknowledgment of the Intertwined Nature of Race and Partisanship" (2024), and "The Presumption of Regularity: An Analysis of its Application to the Trump Administration" (2025). She also conducted research for the Department of Political Science and Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, investigating census data to uncover the history of racially discriminatory housing policy in Ann Arbor.
During her time on campus, Riley served as a UMich Votes Fellow during the 2024 election season, providing non-partisan guidance and resources to encourage student voter participation, and was an active member of Kappa Alpha Pi Pre-Law Fraternity, where she led New Member Education. She also studied abroad twice in Madrid, Spain completing coursework entirely in Spanish. Off campus, Riley volunteered at a local high school in Ann Arbor, coaching their We the People team which competes in the Center for Civic Education’s national Constitutional Law competition.
During her summers, Riley has interned across the public, private, and nonprofit sectors, including at the Washtenaw County Prosecutor’s Office where she worked in the Conviction Integrity and Expungement Unit, at Pro Bono Institute in Washington DC as a participant in the UofM’s Public Service Internship Program, and most recently in government affairs with Deloitte’s Policy and Government Relations team.
In her free time, Riley enjoys trying new vegan recipes, all things fitness, and watching Michigan sports!
Dian Yu graduated magna cum laude with highest honors from Harvard College in 2026. She earned B.A. degrees in Government and Economics with a secondary in Theatre, Dance, and Media. Her senior thesis, “Peers, Parents, and Parties: How First- and Second-Generation Asian Americans Form Partisan Identities,” drew on ethnographic fieldwork, in-depth interviews, and analyses of the National Asian American Survey to explore how social context shapes political identity among Asian American immigrants.
Driven by questions of access and equity, Dian worked at the intersection of law, policy, and economics during her summers in college. As a Policy Fellow at Harris County Precinct 4 in 2025, Dian supported county leadership on issues including public health, economic opportunity, and criminal justice reform, collaborating with judges, public defenders, nonprofit organizations, and community stakeholders to strengthen indigent defense. In 2024, she spent her summer in Shanghai with One Plus One Group, a part of the Harvard Law School Project on Disability. She conducted comparative research in Mandarin on public infrastructure accessibility and disability rights law across Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the United States. She also helped lead a training program preparing students with visual impairments for the transition to public universities in China.
At Harvard, Dian was actively involved in civic education and educational justice through the Institute of Politics and Phillips Brooks House Association’s CIVICS Program. She loved teaching government and social studies in Cambridge and Boston public schools and served as Director of External Affairs and Teacher Training Chair. In those roles, she expanded the program’s focus on educational equity, social-emotional learning, and context-specific approaches to civic education.
Outside the classroom, Dian was a member of the Harvard Crimson Dance Team for four years and served as team co-captain. In 2026, the team advanced to finals in Division I Pom at the UDA College Dance Team National Championship for the first time in program history, finishing in eighth place. In addition to competing, Dian loved performing with her team at all home football and basketball games.
In her free time, Dian enjoys baking Asian-French fusion pastries, taking dance classes, doing lagree pilates, playing pickleball, and exploring the performing arts.
New York
Senior Project Analysts
Avery Crystal graduated with honors and distinction from the University of Michigan in 2025, earning a B.A. in Political Science and Cognitive Science. She received departmental honors for her senior thesis, From Prediction to Prosecution: The Threat of Gestational Surveillance When AI Meets Fetal Personhood Laws in a Post-Dobbs Legal Landscape, which explored how machine learning-based risk assessment tools could affect maternal healthcare under emerging fetal personhood laws.
On campus, Avery was deeply involved in student journalism. She served on staff at The Michigan Daily as both Deputy Senior Newsletter Editor and an Opinion Columnist, earning the Wasserstein Award for her editorial work. Her passion for storytelling and social justice also led her to conduct an archival research project with the Carceral State Project, which documented life inside the Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility through newspapers written by incarcerated women.
Avery expanded her policy experience as a member of Michigan Political Consulting, where she worked on projects for the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Kentucky Energy and Environmental Cabinet. She also pursued her interest in law through internships with two Ann Arbor-based firms specializing in immigration and medical malpractice law.
Eager to broaden her global perspective, Avery participated in a summer language exchange program at Seoul National University in 2023. The following year, she studied for two terms at the University of Oxford, focusing on jurisprudence and political theory.
Outside of her academic and professional pursuits, Avery enjoys spending time outdoors hiking, reading popular history books, and experimenting with new recipes using her pasta maker. She especially loves relaxing with her golden retriever, Winnie.
Megha Nelivigi graduated from the University of Michigan in 2024 with a B.A. in International Studies, concentrating in International Security, Norms, and Cooperation. As a liberal arts student, Megha took an interdisciplinary approach to her studies, but concentrated heavily on criminal justice, conflict, and human rights issues. Megha was an active member of the premier law fraternity at the University of Michigan, Kappa Alpha Pi, serving as a new member service chair and Wellness chair. Megha also worked as a research assistant in the sociology department, as well as in the School of Nursing. For her work on a project entitled "Using a Trauma-Informed Carte Lens to Explore College Students' Inappropriate, Disrespectful, and Coercive (IDC) Healthcare Interactions," Megha was co-awarded the 2024 Outstanding Scholarly Project Award.
Off campus, Megha was an intern at the Asian American Bar Association of New York and worked for a US Senate campaign. Megha was also a Member Services Intern for the Michigan House of Representatives, where she was a legislative canvasser in frontline districts, aiming to help increase involvement in state government and encourage voter participation. Megha also has experience volunteering for a non-profit dedicated to providing legal representation and mental health support for those navigating retaliatory domestic violence cases. Additionally, Megha tutored elementary-aged students at a local afterschool center in Ann Arbor.
In her free time, Megha enjoys reading, doing the crossword, and spending time outdoors.
Project Analyst
Caroline Nolan graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania in 2026 with a B.A. in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics and a minor in Urban Studies. She received the Goldstone Prize for Best Honors Thesis, awarded annually to the graduating senior with the most distinguished thesis in her major. Her thesis, “Remembering Oppression, Shifting Intergroup Boundaries: How Irish History Influences Irish Americans' Social and Political Attitudes,” was based on a national survey she conducted to examine how teaching Irish Americans about their ancestors' history of oppression shapes their policy preferences and attitudes toward present-day minorities and immigrants.
While at Penn, Caroline was a Research Assistant for Wharton's Legal Studies and Business Ethics Department, where she supported a professor’s forthcoming book on central banks within constitutional democracies. Her work compared the legal mandates of central banks in the United States, the United Kingdom, and the European Union, and synthesized central banking statutes to trace legal trends in emergency lending powers and price stability frameworks. She also served as a Lead Consultant for Wharton Undergraduates in Public Policy, advising NGOs and Penn startups on state and federal regulations affecting their operations. Additionally, as an Undergraduate Fellow at the Penn Institute for Urban Research, Caroline traveled to Washington, D.C. and New York City to convene with prominent government and business leaders on effective urban governance and policy design. During her junior year, Caroline studied abroad at Trinity College Dublin. Her coursework focused on the Irish welfare system and public administration.
Caroline has pursued internships at the intersection of law and public policy. At Girls Inc., she worked as a Public Policy Intern, researching legal considerations relevant to the organization's single-gender programming. Additionally, as a Legal Research Intern with the Anti-Fraud Coalition, she conducted research to advance the organization’s advocacy for the False Claims Act and whistleblower protections.
In her free time, Caroline enjoys card games, chess, yoga, and collecting antique kitchenware.
Washington D.C.
Senior Project Analyst
John McEachern graduated from Georgetown University in 2025 with a B.A. in Government and minors in Public Health and Economics. He served for two years as a principal in the startups division of Georgetown Student Capital Partners, a student-run investment club, leading teams that advised startups on investor sourcing, financial modeling, and pitch deck development. In his senior spring, he interned at the Helm Lab for Planetary Sciences, contributing to research on using Artificial Intelligence to strengthen international legal coherence across UN treaties. A four-year member of Georgetown’s men’s swimming and diving team, he helped secure four conference championships, was twice elected team captain, won an individual title in the 100 backstroke, and earned BIG EAST All-Academic honors three times. During his summers, John enjoyed volunteering as an assistant fourth grade teacher at the Epiphany school in Boston along with working as an external affairs intern at Competitive Power Ventures. In his free time, John enjoys watching movies, reading, attempting cooking, exploring new food spots, and working out.
Project Analyst
Grace Wang graduated summa cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania in 2026 as a Penn Named Scholar, earning a B.A. in Health & Societies with a concentration in Healthcare Law & Policy and dual minors in Legal Studies and History through The Wharton School. Her senior capstone thesis, Between Survival and the Immigrant Experience: An Ethnographic Inquiry of Asian American Non-Smoker Lung Cancer in the United States, examined how sociopolitical and structural factors contribute to the disproportionately high incidence of lung cancer among Asian American non-smokers.
Throughout college, Grace cultivated her interests in the intersection of healthcare, law, and public policy. She worked alongside trial attorneys on litigation matters at a boutique law firm, interned at a healthcare legal advocacy organization in Washington, D.C., where she focused on disability rights policy and healthcare law and was recognized with the Turner Shulman Endowed Human Rights Award, and supported in-house counsel on corporate governance issues. Furthermore, Grace received the Penn Public Service Fellowship to support her work with the Health Subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee where she covered key federal health policy issues including medical debt, safety-net hospital funding, and value-based care models. Additionally, she interned with the Texas Attorney General’s Child Support Division, working on matters related to child welfare and healthcare access, and served as an editorial writer for the American Health Law Association.
Grace dedicated much of her time at Penn to serving marginalized communities in West Philadelphia, receiving the College Alumni Society Award in recognition of her public service and contributions to Penn. As a healthcare volunteer with Service Link, Grace worked with low-income and chronically ill residents in homeless shelters and churches, helping them navigate healthcare and social service systems through assisting with Medicare and Medicaid enrollment, connection to nutrition assistance programs, and subsidized housing enrollment. She also served as a legal volunteer with the Pennsylvania Health Law Project, supporting attorneys with Medicaid defense to help clients maintain health coverage.
On campus, Grace served as a research and teaching assistant at Penn Carey Law School, conducting archival research on post–Civil War American legal history, and worked as a health policy research assistant with the Wharton Legal Studies Department and the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics. Beyond her academic work, she was an associate consultant with Penn Policy Consulting, held leadership roles sitting on Penn Student Government and the Wharton Undergraduate Healthcare Club, wrote for the Penn Undergraduate Law Journal, competed on Penn Moot Court, and served as a brother of Phi Alpha Delta Pre-Law fraternity.
In her free time, Grace enjoys acrylic painting, preparing elaborate home-cooked meals, going on nature walks, and exploring new restaurants.
San Diego
Senior Project Analyst
Pietro Juvara graduated with honors from the University of Chicago in 2025, with a B.A. in Law, Letters, and Society (legal studies), and Gender and Sexuality Studies, as well as a Minor in Public Health. His undergraduate thesis, From The Closet to The Tomb: A Postmodern Analysis of HIV/AIDS and the Formation of Gay Identity, proposed a new method of determining legal liability for shame-based repressive systems by measuring the degree to which that repression directly creates susceptibility to physical harm. His work seeks to understand the connections between individual ‘identity,’ Western social norms, and formal laws, ie. Should these three systems be kept as separate as possible; do they follow a top-down structure of law down to identity, or vice versa; did laws produce norms or did norms produce the law; et cetera. In 2024, Pietro was selected as the year’s Gregory Shapen Public Health Fellow at the nation’s oldest and largest queer healthcare provider, Howard Brown Health, where he wrote a legal guide for medical professionals seeking to engage with ongoing state-level cases regarding the 340B Drug Pricing Program.
For Pietro, getting the opportunity to become involved in as many different topics and types of work as possible has always been the goal. At UChicago, he served on the University Mock Trial team and was the President of both the Council for University Programming, which organized all large-scale events catered to the entire student population, as well as the Organization for LGBTQ+ Students (OLS). Pietro founded OLS in his second year at the University of Chicago, working alongside other peers and supportive faculty to create the first student-run queer organization at the college. He was also a research intern at the University of Chicago Law School, where he studied different reproductive rights laws around the world, as well as serving as a Committee Director in Model UN. During all four years at the university, Pietro worked for the Center for Leadership and Involvement, serving as a financial advisor to all student organizations on campus, as well as a lead designer for several new leadership development programs offered to residents of the Chicago Hyde Park neighborhood. At Mintz, Pietro serves as the firm’s only Project Analyst covering the West Coast offices, which has allowed him to continue working in a wide range of topics!