• Female
• African-American
• Heterosexual
• First-Generation College Student
• Part of three Trustee Leader Scholar Projects
• Went to an all-girls public school in East Harlem, New York with graduating class of about 80 students. The school was part of the College Bound Initiative.

• Female
• African-American
• Bisexual
• First-Generation College Student
• Member of the Black Student Organization and the Caribbean Student Association
• Member of Bard Barbers
• Works at Gilson Place
• Went to a public school in Atlanta, GA with a graduating class of about 450 students.

• Male
• Hispanic
• Heterosexual
• First-Generation College Student
• Started a financial literacy program at Bard
• Part of the Nicaragua Education Initiative
• Mentors through Brothers at Bard
• Went to a public school in Brooklyn, New York with a graduating class of about 120 students.

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• Female
• Biracial: Afro-Latina
• Holds a leadership in Code Red
• Went to a private school in Western Massachusetts with a graduating class of about 120 students.

• Male
• Latino
• Bisexual
• Serves on Student Government
• Is involved in entrepreneurship on campus
• Volunteers with BRAVE
• Went to a public school in New York City with a graduating class of about 200 students.

• Female
• South Asian/Pakistani
• Heterosexual
• Concentrations in Gender & Sexuality Studies and Africana Studies
• First Generation College Student
• Part of Million Hoodies for Justice and the Muslim Students Association
• Went to a public all-girls school in New York City, NY with a graduating class of about 90 students.