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2025-2026 FELLOWS

  • Taylor Canas

    Civic Bridgers and MinnPost
    Videography Fellow

    Hometown: North Oaks, Minnesota

  • Inga Capistrant-Kinney

    Civic Bridgers
    Marketing and Communications Coordinator

    Hometown: Minneapolis, Minnesota

  • Atticus Friendly

    Community Power
    Energy Navigator Coordinator

    Hometown: Bangkok, Thailand

  • Kaori Hirano

    City of Hopkins
    Program Development & Engagement Fellow

    Hometown: Savage, Minnesota

  • Ryan Kirsch

    Initiative Foundation
    Entrepreneurship & Community Programs Coordinator

    Hometown: Edina, Minnesota

  • George Lefkowicz

    Great MN Schools
    Communications and Engagement Fellow

    Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia

  • Ciboney Reglos

    The Mixtape Strategy
    Junior Producer

    Hometown: Minneapolis, Minnesota

  • Angelina Rueda

    Engage Winona
    Program Development Fellow

    Hometown: Milwaukee, Wisconsin

  • Madison Studer

    Neighborhood House
    Community Engagement Fellow

    Hometown: Sherwood, Oregon

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2024-2025 FELLOWS

  • Rashaunea Ambers-Winston

    Cultural Wellness Center
    Administrative Assistant

    Hometown: North Minneapolis, Minnesota

  • Apollo Battey

    Minnesota Multifaith Network
    Community Engagement Fellow

    Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio

  • Khaliah Booker

    Project for Pride in Living
    Education & Community Engagement Liaison

    Hometown: St. Louis, Missouri

  • Katie Fayad

    Civic Bridgers
    Program Engagement Coordinator

    Hometown: Anderson, South Carolina

  • Hannah Gwaltney

    Community Power MN
    Logistics & Capacity Builder

    Hometown: Rochester, Minnesota

  • Aleia Johnson

    Great MN Schools
    Community Outreach Coordinator

    Hometown: Rochester, Minnesota

  • Jasmine Nguyen

    Civic Bridgers
    Program Engagement Coordinator

    Hometown: Lorton, Virginia

  • Mackenzie Whitehead-Bust

    Minnesota Humanities Center
    Writing & Research Fellow

    Hometown: Denver, Colorado

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2023-2024 FELLOWS

  • Hannah Brauer

    Cultural Wellness Center

    Hometown: St. Paul, Minnesota

  • Dante Fornizy

    Northside Achievement Zone

    Hometown: Minneapolis, Minnesota

  • Nora Griffin-Wiesner

    Minnesota Humanities Center

    Hometown: Golden Valley, Minnesota

  • Jessica Hodges

    Civic Bridgers

    Hometown: Minneapolis, Minnesota

  • Haakon Lehn

    The Initiative Foundation

    Hometown: Denver, Colorado

  • John Runningen

    West Central Initiative

    Hometown: Fergus Falls, Minnesota

  • Salma Said

    Community Power MN

    Hometown: Minnesota

  • Latisha Wade

    Minnesota Arts Council

    Hometown: Boston, Massachusetts

2022-2023 FELLOWS

  • Matthew Simonson

    MyPlace Mankato

    Hometown: Altus, Oklahoma

  • Erick Castellanos

    Great MN Schools

    Hometown: Minneapolis, Minnesota

  • Emily Fulcher

    Camdentown Minneapolis Phase 2

    Hometown: Columbia, Mississippi

  • Chaleiah Henderson

    Foundation for Essential Needs

    Hometown: Minneapolis, Minnesota

  • Len Sanqui

    Great MN Schools

    Hometown: Boone, North Carolina

2021-2022 FELLOWS

  • Sam Brainin

    Camdentown Minneapolis

    Hometown: Amherst, Massachusetts

  • Onar Ireland-Hance

    Urban Strategies

    Hometown: St. Cloud, Minnesota

  • Annika Olson

    Interfaith Action

    Hometown: Woodbury, Minnesota

  • Owen Sayre

    Johnson A. Johnson Elementary School & Opportunity Neighborhood Ames Lake

    Hometown: Hattiesburg, Mississippi