The Junior Summer Institute's 2019 cohort. This year's JSI fellows are on campus for the seven-week program. The past two years were online due to the pandemic. Photo: Ashley BerryThe Humphrey School of Public Affairs this week welcomed nearly two dozen college students from around the country to Minneapolis, to explore their interests in public policy through the Junior Summer Institute (JSI) program. The JSI is an intensive seven-week training experience designed to prepare rising senior undergraduate students mostly from underrepresented communities to thrive in master’s degree programs and launch careers in public service. This is the sixth year that the Humphrey School has hosted a JSI; the last two years the program was entirely online due to pandemic restrictions. "We are thrilled to have our JSI fellows back on campus in person this year, and excited to work closely with these brilliant young minds,” said Sherlonda Clarke, the Humphrey School’s directo
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Note: Class years are for the 2020-2021 academic year that was just completed.
School: Rollins School of Public Health
Program: Master of Public Health, 1st year
Age: 28
Called to action
As a college sophomore in their hometown of San Diego, Crescent Alcid worked on LGBTQIA+ issues, gender equity and cross-cultural issues with peers. Later, they participated in demonstrations to decry the death of George Floyd at the knee of a police officer. But it wasn’t until they moved to Atlanta to pursue an MPH last summer that their activism took off.
Immediately after settling in, Alcid engaged with LGBTQIA+ activism at Rollins and this year served as president of the school’s Queer and Trans Collaborative. They also engage with Students for Social Justice and the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, as well as working with the Graduate Student Government Association on expanding diversity and equity studies to the graduate school curriculum.
April 22, 2021
Karla Godoy Da Costa Lima (MDP 22), a native of Brazil, wants to use her degree to help reduce poverty among women and promote sustainable development, especially in the Global South.
Karla Godoy Da Costa Lima feels like it’s her calling to empower other women.
Born in a Brazilian favela, Karla was surrounded by inequality, fear, and lack of choice, but her mother, grandmothers, and sisters were role models for strong, powerful women. They showed her how women do not have to conform to what life offers them.
“Growing up seeing examples of women overcoming poverty to raise their kids made me want to fight for a world where women don’t have to struggle to provide for their families,” Karla said.