(Originally published by Stanford Report on April 17, 2024) 

The award provides generous funding for immigrants and children of immigrants pursuing graduate degrees.

Six Stanford graduate students are among this year’s recipients of the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans, a merit-based program for immigrants and children of immigrants.

The Stanford students are among 30 outstanding scholars to receive the fellowship, selected for their achievements and their potential to make meaningful contributions to the United States across fields of study. They each will receive up to $90,000 in funding to support their graduate studies at institutions across the country.

Established in 1997, the fellowship program has provided more than $80 million in funding to students studying in a range of fields, from medicine and the arts to law and business.

Following are the 2024 Paul & Daisy Sorors Fellows from Stanford.

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Sara Bobok and her family immigrated to the United States from Hungary when she was 2, seeking greater economic opportunity. She is pursuing a JD at Stanford Law School and a master’s degree at Stanford Graduate School of Education.

An advocate for children, Bobok spent high school summers volunteering at a Transylvanian orphanage and dedicated school years to fundraising and organizing donation drives for the children. At Harvard University, she studied social studies with a minor in mathematical sciences to better understand the historical, political, and economic roots of inequality.

Bobok has interned with the Public Defender Service for the District of Columbia, researched bail reform at Harvard Law School, designed civic engagement policy with Boston’s then-City Council President Michelle Wu, and served as a strategist for Hungary’s Momentum party. She also spearheaded a project on Hungarian child trafficking prevention, supporting the very orphanages that inspired her work, and served as director of the tutoring program for the Association to Benefit Children, a youth aid organization in East Harlem, New York. She aspires to be a lawyer, educator, and advocate.

Read about the rest of the 2024 Paul & Daisy Sorors Fellows from Stanford