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- General News
- Student Experience
Why an aspiring doctor left medicine behind to pursue global health policy
For Rosie Poling (MPP-E’27), health policy is personal. Growing up in North Carolina and later Marco Island, Florida, she witnessed firsthand the challenges of accessing…
February 18, 2025
- Discovery & Impact
- Student Experience
From TikTok to Capitol Hill: A McCourt School student’s journey to transform immigration policy
Born in India and raised in the U.S. from the age of four, Srushti Patil’s (MPP’26) journey to the McCourt School of Public Policy is rooted in a deep empathy for…
January 27, 2025
- General News
- Student Experience
McCourt School graduate reflects on ‘a bittersweet end to an unforgettable three years’
Yash Dhuldhoya (MPP/MSFS‘24) began his career working in political risk in India, where he was born and attended university. In September 2020, he attended a professional…
May 6, 2024
- General News
- Student Experience
How this first-gen student found a passion for impact-driven policymaking
In September 2021, Diana Rivas Garcia (MIDP’24) embarked on her Fulbright journey in the city of Teziutlán, Mexico, located 500 kilometers from her hometown of Senguio. Having…
April 15, 2024
- Student Experience
Georgetown graduate student builds a career integrating international relations, data science and public policy
Maggie Sullivan (MS-DSPP’24), an international development specialist and emerging data scientist, has already lived and worked in three countries. She is well acquainted with…
March 25, 2024
- General News
- Student Experience
Against the odds: How a first-gen policy student became a voice for child welfare
Tony Parsons (MPM’24), a Master of Policy Management student in Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy, spent much of his childhood in foster care in, …
February 20, 2024
- Student Experience
Howard Scholar shies from the limelight, but accolades find her
Even as a young girl, Natalia Cooper (MPP-EP’26) knew she wanted to make a difference. While her childhood dreams of being appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court have changed, she…
January 8, 2024
- Student Experience
A soon-to-be graduate is paving the way for new innovations in urban policy
Joshua (Josh) Rosen (MS-DSPP’23) grew up in the suburbs south of Boston, Massachusetts, where land-use regulations and zoning often restrict multi-family and affordable. …
May 15, 2023
- Student Experience
Earth Day every day: This McCourt student puts environmental policy at the forefront of her future
Graduating a year early from McCourt’s Master of Public Policy Evening program , Emma Kaboli is eager to continue pushing the bounds of environmental and energy policy. Her…
April 24, 2023
- Student Experience
McCourt student pursues policymaking career centered on human dignity and empathy
Before the age of 18, Lydia Blandford had lived in three different countries across multiple continents. She was immersed in diverse cultures and saw firsthand how policy can…
March 20, 2023