Portfolio Category: Previous Fellows Profiles

Lily Clarke is from Fairview, NC. Lily taught English and volunteered at a seed bank, vineyard, and an art gallery on her gap year in Scotland, France, Spain, Myanmar, and Thailand. At UNC, she became an NC Fellow, a four-year program … Read more

Keegan is a Colonel Robinson scholar, Sophomore Chemist Award winner, Frank Porter Graham Award winner, and the winner of the Ernest L. Mackie award for the Junior most outstanding in character, scholarship, and leadership. From biological research in the Galapagos … Read more

Graham Collins is from Charlotte, NC. Graham is a researcher at UNC’s Ainslie lab, a winner of the Honors Carolina Taylor Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, and a member of the Biomedical Engineering Club. Before diving into his passion for biomedical … Read more

Chryste Ferrera is from Greensboro, NC and spent her gap year in Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Malaysia. Her favorite part of her gap year was the opportunity to volunteer in beautiful and diverse countries, and she cannot wait … Read more

Cecilia Polanco is from Durham, NC. At Carolina, she was a Morehead-Cain Scholar, an inducted member of the Order of the Golden Fleece (UNC’s oldest and highest honorary society) and a member of the Campus Y Social Innovation Incubator (CUBE), … Read more