How can your Mount Holyoke education be used to make positive change in the world? This panel explores four different experiences focused on making a direct impact in local communities. Through internships focused on pro bono legal services, immigrant and refugee resettlement, and public transit, these students worked to make a lasting change in four different communities. This discussion will explore four different experiences focused on helping vulnerable populations through advocacy, research, and one-on-one client interaction. Attendees will learn more about the daily responsibilities and long term projects of interns that had an impact on their local communities and on a larger scale.

Moderator: Jaime Grillo, Associate Vice President for Career Readiness

Presenters:

• Emily Bisson '27 International Relations/Economics/Law, Public Policy, Human Rights Nexus
• Leyla Guven '26 Philosophy/Spanish
• Lizzie Higgins '27 Sociology/Law, Public Policy, Human Rights Nexus
• Diana Lytvynova '26 Political Science/History