Check out this video starring the very first class of DMI Scholars at the 2007 Summer Institute! It will give you a good idea of what our intensive “Public Policy 101” training is all about from the Scholars’ perspective.
Scholars Successes Stories
• Chloe Mirzayi, recently featured in the Saint Paul Pioneer-Press, interned with the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force last summer in New York City.
• Teresa Cheng, under a grant from the University of Southern California, researched organizing efforts by low-wage Chinese workers in San Gabriel Valley, California.
• Rakim Brooks, a student at Brown University, headed to Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar.
• Joe Taranto worked as Interim Legislative Director in the office of New York City Councilwoman Melissa Mark-Viverito.
• Joseph Thomas, who worked as an intern in the office of Senator Patrick Leahy, now works as staff assistant in the Senate Judiciary Committee. He won the Elmer Nicholson Achievement Prize for a student likely to leave an impact in their field of interest.
• Rebecca Buckwalter-Poza, a 2009 Truman Scholar, coauthored Forty More Years with political consultant James Carville. She worked as deputy press secretary for the Democratic National Committee.
• Samantha Contreras led a phone bank against Proposition 6 leading up to the 2008 general election. She previously conducted research for Los Angeles City Council President Eric Garcetti, focusing on public safety, immigration, and homelessness.
• Reem Rahman started a Master’s in Management at Oxford University.
• Francisco Covarrubias attends the Public Policy International Affairs (PPIA) program at the Goldman School for Public Policy at UC Berkeley.
