To support a fellowship program designed to prepare a select group of master’s degree students at John Jay College for work as effective policy advocates for social justice.
• Ann-Chevealle Brown is in her second year of the Master of Public Administration program with a specialization in Human Resources Management. She is placed at The Fortune Society, where she is continuing the research of the previous Tow Fellow, Crystal Charles, on criminal justice debt and issues pertaining to Fortune’s Reentry Veterans Initiative.
• Kayla McCarroll is pursuing a Master of Public Administration with specializations in Criminal Justice Policy and Emergency Managements. She is a Tow Policy Advocacy Fellow for the Osborne Association‘s New York Initiative for Children of Incarcerated Parents.
• Radoslava Mechkyurova is completing her master’s degree in Forensic Mental Health Counseling at John Jay College. Radoslava is a Tow Policy Advocacy Fellow at the Correctional Association of New York and she is going to be working on the “Raise the Age” campaign.
• Gina Moreno is in her final year of the Criminal Justice Master’s Program, with a specialization in Criminology & Deviance. As a Tow Policy Advocacy Fellow at Drug Policy Alliance (DPA), she works on New York drug policy reform campaigns by conducting regular outreach to constituents, developing informational materials, participating in coalition and legislative meetings, and tracking related media.
• Lauren Moriarty is in her final year of the Public Administration Master’s program, specializing in Criminal Justice Policy and Operations Management. She is a Tow Policy Advocacy Fellow for The Bronx Defenders, working with the Policy and Community Organization Department.
• Ingrid Olsson is in a second-year Master of Public Administration student concentrating in Criminal Justice Policy Analysis and Operations Management. Ingrid is a Tow Policy Advocacy Fellow at the Citizens Budget Commission where she researches how city and state legislators develop their budgets and allocate their funds, overtime expenditures among city agencies, resiliency in New York City, and the availability and disparity in access to Broadband Internet.
• Meg Osborn is a second-year MA student in Forensic Psychology. Meg is a Tow Policy Advocacy Fellow at College and Community Fellowship (CCF), where she works with the Education from the Inside Out Coalition (EIO), a group that advocates for removing barriers to higher education for current and formerly incarcerated individuals.
• Kristin Vick is a second-year MPA student specializing in Criminal Justice Policy and Administration. She is a Tow Fellow at MFY Legal Services working toward meaningful policy reform to improve three-quarter houses.
• Crystal Charles is in her last year of the Public Administration Master’s program, Public Policy track, specializing in Human Resources. As a Tow Policy Advocacy Fellow at The Fortune Society, she researched Criminal Justice Debt and justice-involved veterans, assists with participatory budgeting efforts, and participated in Three Quarter House Coalition meetings.
• Janer Cordero is pursuing her Master’s in Public Administration with a specialization in Criminal Justice Policy. She is a Tow Policy Advocacy Fellow for the Policy and Community organization Department for Bronx Defenders.
• Heather Han is pursuing an MA in Forensic Psychology. She is a Tow Policy Advocacy Fellow at the Prisoner Reentry Institute, where she assisted with the development of the National Online Certificate Course in Reentry (NOCCR) project.
• Brianna Jackson is pursuing a Master’s degree in Criminal Justice and in an Advanced Certificate in Crime Prevention and Analysis. She is a Tow Public Policy and Advocacy Fellow at the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA). Click here to see what Brianna learned.
• Erica Murphy served at the nonprofit coalition Education from the Inside Out (EIO), where she contributed to their campaign of abolishing barriers to higher education for currently and formerly incarcerated individuals. She is also a CUNY Service Corps Member, and second-year graduate student in the Forensic Mental Health Counseling program at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Click here to see what Erica learned.
• Danielle Owens is a second-year Criminal Justice MA student, specializing in criminology and deviance. As a Tow Fellow, she works at MFY Legal Services with their Three-Quarter House Project as a policy analyst and advocate. Click here to see what Danielle learned.
• Megan Penney is a second year M.A. student studying criminal justice. She is currently a Tow Policy Advocacy Fellow placed with the Osborne Association’s Initiative for Children of Incarcerated Parents.
• Ceema Samimi-Luu is an MPA student focusing on Public Policy & Administration. She was placed as a Tow Policy Advocacy Fellow, she worked on school climate issues at the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice.
