Cohort 1 (2017 - 2019)

Nabilah graduated with a BA in Politics and began her fellowship in January 2020 at the Tompkins County Workers' Center. She helped to manage the Workers Rights Hotline and organize workers against unfair treatments, wage theft, discrimination, the living wage, and other issues surrounding workers' rights. The Workers’ Rights Hotline advocates for workers' rights by addressing their cases and organizing them based on the issues they face. The Worker's Rights Hotline has a client load of over 450 cases annually and has won judgments over $1,300,000 in wage theft. She then served as the Diversity Fellow at Colby-Sawyer College developing, delivering and promoting programs and activities that contributed to a community culture that is inclusive of all community members.

Chasia graduated in May 2020, with dual degrees in Biology and Accounting. After completing a summer internship as a Tax/Audit Intern at Deloitte, she was offered a full-time position there after graduation!

After graduating from Ithaca College in December 2019 with degrees in Music Education and Vocal Performance, Hannah completed a Helen Gurley Brown Fellowship at The MusicianShip in Washington, D.C. in August 2020. The MusicianShip's mission is "to change lives by facilitating music lessons, experiences, and opportunities to benefit youth who need us most." Highlights of Hannah's fellowship include teaching in an after school music program, serving as a Program Manager for the The MusicianShip's 2020 Summer Program, and chairing the creation of The MusicianShip's first ever Annual Report. Hannah also wrote a blog about her fellowship, which you can read here. She became the Elementary Music Teacher at Lansing Central School District in the fall of 2020 and has been loving her journey so far! 

After graduating from Ithaca College with a BA in Public Health, Candace completed a year-long Helen Gurley Brown Fellowship at The Praxis Project in Oakland, California. Candace joined their team full-time in August 2020 as a Program Associate for Policy and Communication! During her time at Praxis, Candace has focused on health and racial justice policy, public health training and capacity building, and field organizing. Candace is now attending the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health to receive her master's degree in Public Health.

After graduating with a BA in Politics and International Studies, and Journalism, Grace completed her Helen Gurley Brown Fellowship at the VTDigger in Vermont. During her time there, Grace served as a general reporter covering politics and areas of public concern throughout the state of Vermont. After her fellowship she stayed on with VTDigger as the Burlington Reporter. You can check out everything she has written here: https://vtdigger.org/author/grace/! In November 2021 Grace took a new opportunity as a General Assignment Reporter at Law360!

After graduation, Julissa completed a year-long fellowship at El Puente Leaders for Peace and Justice as their College and Career Coordinator. During her time at El Puente, Julissa focused on the College Access for All initiative by facilitating college access workshops for students and their families, and organizing and taking students on college trips. She was offered a full-time positions after her fellowship and served as their Event Coordinator. Julissa began a new role in June 2022 at Wiley University Services as an Enrollment Counselor!

After graduating from Ithaca College with a BA in Sociology, Avery began a Helen Gurley Brown Fellowship at the Museum of Fine Arts in Florida. 

After graduating from Ithaca College with a BFA in Film/Photography/Visual Arts, Kat completed a Helen Gurley Brown Fellowship at New York Women in Film and Television (NYWIFT). During their time at NYWIFT, they worked with the Community Engagement Director to create content for the NYWIFT website and social media platforms, and worked with the team to plan large scale events.  

Check out some articles that Kat wrote during their time at NYWIFT:

• https://www.nywift.org/thumbs-down-report-2019-male-critics-still-outnumber-women-two-to-one/

• https://www.nywift.org/yellow-rose-to-open-2019-asian-american-international-film-festival/

• https://www.nywift.org/wga-women-and-poc-continue-to-make-gains-in-employment/

• https://www.nywift.org/indie-women-report-2019-behind-the-scenes-employment-of-women-in-independent-film/

After completing their Fellowship, Kat began a position at Black Public Media as a Social Media Manager.