A difficult year is ending joyfully for three Harvard College students and an alumnus who have been awarded Marshall and International Rhodes scholarships.
Jorge Ledesma, Humza Jilani, Evelyn Wong, and Eli Zuzovsky plan to continue their educations with graduate studies at Oxford University and at University College London. In interviews with the Gazette, they shared their reactions and their future plans.
Stephanie Mitchell/Harvard Staff Photographer
Jorge Ledesma ’19
Where: Oxford University
Ledesma’s path to Oxford as a Marshall Scholar is the culmination of a young lifetime of deep experiences. From a childhood diagnosis of partial paralysis to immigrating to the United States from Colombia at age 8, to studying at Harvard as a low-income student, to now working for the Suffolk County District Attorney in Boston, he sees the award as the next critical step in his development.