Natasha Turkmani
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Natasha Turkmani (2014, DC) received her BSE from Princeton University and Masters from Cambridge. Today, she works in DC as an electric power market consultant and is passionate about sustainability.
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PSF New Alumni Advisor Program
The end of the 2020 school year wasn’t one that any of us could have imagined. We were saddened that we were unable to meet in person in DC to congratulate and recognize the Class of 2020 Scholars.
These circumstances did, however, give the Presidential Scholars Foundation and Alumni Association the opportunity to join forces with the Presidential Scholars Program Scholar Advisors at the US Department of Education to launch a new initiative for the Class of 2020 Scholars, the New Alumni Advisor Program. As you might remember from your own National Recognition Program (NRP) week, advisors are alumni who lead the incoming Presidential Scholar class through a week of activities. A remote NRP, however, led to a momentous opportunity to strengthen our community. The New Alumni Advisor Program is led by Scholar alumni who keep in touch, alleviate concerns, and provide a support system for the 161 Scholars representing the Class of 2020. As school years and gap years roll through the end of 2020, the advisors will be there as a resource for the newly recognized Presidential Scholars.
Throughout the summer and early-fall, 2020 Scholars met with their advisors over Zoom in small groups and had an opportunity to learn, share, and build community. We hope the connections made in these small groups will be assets as the Scholars move into a school year of uncertainties.
The New Alumni Advisor Program also serves as a channel to learn about our Scholars' interests. We've had suggestions from the Class of 2020 for book clubs, art productions, and skills-based learning, and several of our advisors have stepped up to lead these initiatives. We look forward to using this opportunity to provide resources, leadership outlets, and new programming for our entire community of Presidential Scholars. PSF would like to extend a special thank you to volunteer Natasha Turkmani (2014, DC) for leading this initiative and to the many NRP Advisors that made this work possible.
Zack Love
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Zack Love (2018, AL) is a junior at The George Washington University where he is pursuing a BS in Public Health and an MPH in Health Policy and Economics. He is passionate about partnership development and plans to dedicate his professional career to uniting stakeholder groups to build a safer, healthier, and more equitable America.
Read MoreSophia Adams
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Sophia Adams (2019, Americans Abroad) is a sophomore at UCLA studying Linguistics and French. She is living at home as a result of COVID-19, but she continues to fill her time working for the Department of Defense while taking classes.
Read MoreDevin Srivastava
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Devin Srivastava (2017, SC) is a senior chemistry student at Harvard. Over the summer, he loved meeting our latest cohort of 2021 scholars as an advisor and connecting over Zoom — what heated online trivia games they had!
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Namitha Alexander
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Namitha Alexander (2019, WI) is currently a sophomore at Stanford University studying Neurobiology and minoring in Data Science and aspires to be a physician-scientist-storyteller.
Read MoreEmma Sihler
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Emma Sihler (2018, MT) is pursuing a B.S. in Cell Biology & Neuroscience and a B.A. in Political Science at Montana State University. In the future, she hopes to work to expand healthcare access in rural communities, especially in the field of maternal and perinatal health.
Read MoreMegan Brown
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Megan Brown (2019, MA) is a current student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst where she is pursuing a degree in Kinesiology. Being a member of the PSF community has opened so many doors for her, especially during these unprecedented times.
Read MoreAditya Sivakumar
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Aditya Sivakumar (2018, AZ) is a junior studying Bioengineering at UCLA. He loves to play volleyball, work out, and hang out with friends!
Read MoreJackson Elder
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Jackson Elder (2019, VT) is a sophomore at Dartmouth College majoring in Government, Philosophy, and Economics.
Read MoreKalii Caldwell
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Kalii Caldwell (2019, UT) is a current student at the University of San Francisco where she runs for their cross country and track teams.
Read MoreTiffany White
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Tiffany White (2018, NH) graduated from Prospect Mountain High School in 2018, where she took 13 college-level courses, allowing her to graduate in 2020 with a Bachelor's Degree in Forensic Accounting from Thomas College.
Read MoreMikayla Slaydon
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Mikayla Slaydon (TX, 2018) served as an advisor for the U.S. Presidential Scholars Foundation.
Read MoreJenny Huang
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Jenny Huang (KS, 2016) served as an advisor for the U.S. Presidential Scholars Foundation.
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