BOLD Scholars 2019 - 2020 (Cohort 2)

The second cohort of scholars in the BOLD Women’s Leadership Network at Ithaca College is comprised of 8 women including Calissa Brown, Diana Castillo, Audrianna Evelyn, Ashae Forsythe, Kelly Madden, Markiesha Morgan, Clare Nowalk and Breana Nieves Vergara.

Their transformation project titled Embolden was funded by a HGB Magic Grant. You can read more about their project here

Calissa Brown

Calissa Brown

Calissa graduated with a BA in Anthropology and continued on to get her MS in Education, Culture and Society from University of Pennsylvania. She is currently getting her PhD in Cultural Foundations of Education from Syracuse University.  

Diana Castillo

Diana Castillo

After graduating with a BA in Journalism, Diana completed a fellowship year at UnLocal, Inc. where she was the Community Outreach Fellow. After completing her fellowship, Diana was offered a full-time position at UnLocal as an Educator. 

Audrianna Evelyn

Audrianna Evelyn

Audrianna graduated with a BA in Sociology and proceeded to complete a fellowship year at College and Community Fellowship as their Program Support and Event Coordinator. After completing her fellowship, she began her MSW at New York University. She continues to work at College and Community Fellowship and is also a Mental Health Counseling Intern at Institute for Community Living, Inc.  

Ashae Forsythe

Ashae Forsythe

Ashae graduated with a BA in Documentary Studies and Production and then completed a fellowship year at Global Fund for Women as their Film and Storytelling Fellow.

Kelly Madden

Kelly Madden

Kelly graduated with a BA in Psychology and is now pursuing her MSW at University at Buffalo. Kelly completed a fellowship at Active Minds, Inc. as their Programs Fellow for campus chapter organizations. After her fellowship, she continued to work with Active Minds for an additional year and a half. She now works at Minding Your Mind as a Community Outreach Coordinator. 

Markiesha Morgan

Markiesha Morgan

Markiesha graduated with a BA in Legal Studies and went on to compelte a fellowship at Florida Youth Shine as their Advocacy Coordinator. She is now pursuing her JD at Florida State University College of Law. 

Breana Nieves Vergara

Breana Nieves Vergara

Breana graduated with a BA in Sociology and is currently pursing her MS in Cultural Foundations of Education at Syracuse University School of Education. After graduating she completed a fellowship at On Point for College as their Programming Fellow. She is currently working as the Coordinator of Mentoring Programs and a Lead Instructor for FYS 101 at Syracuse University. 

Clare Nowalk

Clare Nowalk

Clare graduated with BAs in Sociology and English. After graduation, she moved to Colorado to work for the Colorado Democratic Party as a Field Organizer. She is currently working as a Resource Advocate at the Gathering Place.