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Alison Saar is a Los Angeles-based sculptor and mixed-media artist whose work has earned national and international recognition for its evocative explorations of identity, spirituality, and cultural memory. After earning her degree in art history from Scripps College, Saar developed a visual language that draws deeply from African, Caribbean, and Latin American folk art traditions. Her sculptures and installations often center on the African diaspora and Black female experience, resulting in powerful, layered narratives rendered in wood, metal, and found objects. Her work has been exhibited in major institutions across the country, including the Museum of Modern Art, [...]

Tochukwu “Dubem” Anyaduba and Uchechukwu “Uche” Anyaduba, a married couple from Nigeria, have a common goal: to create and deliver affordable healthcare to Nigeria. Both Dubem and Uche have successful careers in life sciences. Dubem, who has a background in Microbiology and Biotechnology, worked as a field engineer, traveling across Nigeria to install diagnostic equipment for doctors. Uche received her bachelor’s degree in Nigeria in Geological Sciences. Despite their different academic backgrounds, they both actively work to improve healthcare systems in Nigeria and reduce inequalities in access to care. Dubem shares, "I've been to places where people cannot [...]

Steve Bullock completed his second term as Montana's 24th Governor in 2021, overseeing the state during the COVID-19 pandemic. He recounts the challenges of managing a crisis without a guidebook, prioritizing citizens' well-being and the economy. Early on, he faced difficulties sourcing PPE and ensuring testing for vulnerable groups like seniors and Native Americans. The state 3D-printed swabs and sought help from neighboring states. Bullock emphasizes that working with differing viewpoints was essential to serving Montana's citizens. Bullock’s foundation in public service started with his education. Bullock attended Claremont McKenna College (CMC), graduating with a degree in Philosophy, [...]

Shinara Sunderlal is the education outreach manager at the Billion Oyster Project, a nonprofit organization with a goal of reseeding New York Harbor with a billion Oysters by 2035. The organization aims to restore the vibrancy of New York Harbor's oyster population and connect with New Yorkers to raise awareness about the cause. Sunderlal studied at Pitzer College, majoring in environmental analysis with a focus on environmental policy and minoring in biology. After completing her undergraduate studies, she attended graduate school at New York University’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. Her first job after graduate [...]

Michael Shear is a White House correspondent for The New York Times and a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who has reported on the presidencies of Barack Obama, Donald Trump, and Joe Biden. With decades of experience traveling aboard Air Force One and covering world events from the front lines of American politics, Shear has built a career grounded in fairness, accuracy, and accountability. He is part of a tradition of political journalism that seeks to hold power to account, regardless of party affiliation, by remaining open to complexity and guided by facts rather than ideology. Reflecting on his [...]

Romarilyn Ralston is the senior director of the Justice Education Center (JEC) of The Claremont Colleges, where she works to advance the transformative mission of the Inside-Out Pathway-to-BA program. That program helps currently incarcerated individuals (“inside” students) to obtain bachelor’s degrees as they learn alongside on-campus Claremont Colleges (“outside”) students. Her own powerful journey shaped Ralston’s leadership in this space. After spending 23 years incarcerated, she was released in 2011 and enrolled at Pitzer as a New Resources student, earning a Bachelor’s degree in Gender & Feminist Studies. She is now pursuing a PhD in Executive Management at [...]