
Ava Cargan
Ava is a highschool senior at the Miss Porter’s School. They are passionate about social justice and the environment. They are a writer at The Amendment Project, Muanzo Mpya, and they are an editor of both of their school newspapers. They are the head of The Association for White Anti-Racist Education (AWARE) at their school to dismantle racist systems and work towards advancing anti racism in their community. They have worked on multiple political campaigns in a number of different positions before joining the Institute for Youth in Policy. They are a varsity field hockey player and have played since the sixth grade and are looking to play on a club team in college.
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While inquiry-driven, the content of this project may have a partisan leanings as it was a capstone project in the 2022 Fellowship.