Stanford Center for Racial Justice Welcomes Inaugural Cohort of Interns and Racial Justice Practicum Students

The Stanford Center for Racial Justice (SCRJ or Center) recently welcomed our first cohort of interns at the start of spring quarter. We also partnered with Professor Jennifer Eberhardt to develop our first Racial Justice Practicum—an opportunity provided to students in her Race and Crime Practicum course to support the Center’s work as their placement site. SCRJ is delighted to have such a stellar group of students join us this quarter to advance racial justice through our current initiatives!

Meet Our Spring 2022 Interns

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Rachael Lee, Communications Intern | Rachael (she/her) is a senior majoring in Political Science and coterming in Communications. She is involved in the student organizing space on campus, working on Asian American issues, as well as First-Generation Low-Income issues. Currently, she is working on her master’s project to create an accessible digital scam literacy guide that details the tactics, legal defenses, and consequences of Multi-Level Marketing Schemes with a focus on the impact on marginalized communities.

 

 

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Masha Miura, Model Use of Force Policy Project Intern | Masha is a 1L at Stanford Law School hailing from New York City. She came to law school with a deep passion for social and racial justice, particularly in the fields of criminal justice reform and abolition. Before law school, she attended Princeton University, where she majored in African American Studies and Gender and Sexuality Studies. There, she participated in various extracurriculars, including leading Students for Prison Education, Abolition, and Reform, tutoring with the Petey Greene Program, and being a research fellow for the Ida B. Wells Just Data Lab. At Stanford, she hopes to continue working towards transformative change within the criminal legal system.

 

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Brandon Roul, Corporate Governance and Racial Equity Intern | Brandon is a first-year student at Stanford Law School, interested in practicing anti-discrimination law. He organized around issues of racial justice and community safety before law school as part of Sacred Heart Community Service’s Race, Equity, and Community Safety (RECS) committee, and is currently serving in a number of different roles. He is a first-year representative for the Black Law Students Association (BLSA), an Articles Editor for the Stanford Journal of Civil Rights & Civil Liberties (CRCL), a volunteer working on record clearance as part of the Project Clean Slate pro bono project, and a member of the Stanford Law Association Diversity & Inclusion Committee.

 

Meet Our Spring 2022 Racial Justice Practicum Students

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Missy Delgado | Missy is an undergraduate student at Stanford University majoring in Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity and minoring in Symbolic Systems. She is originally from Elkin, NC, a small town in rural North Carolina. She is interested in the intersections of social issues within the tech world, specifically racial disparities and the impact of technology on minority communities and communities of color. In her free time, she enjoys taking nature walks, upcycling clothes, and going to coffee shops!

 

 

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Fatima Lopez | Fatima (she/they) is a sophomore at Stanford majoring in Psychology and Science Technology and Society. Their experience growing up in Richmond, California in an undocumented low-income household fueled their passion for change as they seek to uplift the voices ignored by the system. Their love for their community extends beyond the constructs of any border in this world. She is interested in the intersection between technology, health, and civil rights from a policy-oriented perspective and believes policy should reflect human necessities as a birthright in addition to care for the environment as an integral aspect of this. She is passionate about critically challenging existing systems and western school of thought as tools of perpetual oppression. They know that by the end of their lifetime they may not see true liberation for all, but find it an honor to dedicate their life to creating the conditions our future generations need to achieve it.

 

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Grace Scullion | Grace Scullion is a third-year student at Stanford University studying American Studies and Data Science. She has worked in research on American politics, poverty, and education policy, including as a contributor to the American Voices Project, America in One Room, and the Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project. She believes deeply in the mission of the Center for Racial Justice and is excited to learn and contribute to the work.

 

 

 

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Anastasia Sotiropoulos | Anastasia (she/her) is a junior at Stanford majoring in Psychology and minoring in Creative Writing. Proud to be from Greece and Dallas, Texas, she loves discussing identity and intersectionality. She’s excited to one day attend law school and go on to combat the injustices of the criminal legal system; this summer, she will be working at the Los Angeles Public Defender and creating a podcast about the San Quentin State Prison COVID-19 Outbreak. She’s also interested in using storytelling to incite social change through documentaries. Ever since she picked up a camera as a kid, filmmaking has always been a deep passion of hers. In her free time, she enjoys discussing mental health through films, mentoring freshmen as a residential assistant, and performing stand up.