Chris Bhatti will work with the Hockaday Science in the Community program to create a strategic plan, as well as to develop a website that can provide 24-hour access to math and science lessons for DISD students.  The model he creates will be replicable nationwide through high schools and colleges in providing low-performing public-school students with quality supplementary science and math instruction.  Chris is a first year MBA student at the Cox School of Business.

Aaron Clinger will work at Mosaic Family Services, a non-profit organization that provides services to at-risk and underserved groups in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.  He will work in their Multicultural Legal Services office providing legal assistance, writing briefs, and assisting attorneys with immigration and family-law cases.  Aaron is in his third year in the Dedman School of Law.

Madison Dyal will work at Heart House Austin, which provides after-school and summer care for low-income families and at-risk children.  She plans to construct a strategic marketing plan including events, partnerships with local businesses, and development to increase awareness and involvement from the Austin community.  Madison is a sophomore majoring in Business and minoring in Advertising and Art History.

Cynthia Halatyn will conduct research with the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (TCADP) in Austin.  Her study will focus on the costs associated with the death penalty in Harris County versus the cost of incarceration for life.  Cynthia is a junior majoring in Political Science.

John Hasley will volunteer with the Equal Justice Center’s Transnational Worker Rights Clinic in Austin as an advocate, working directly with workers to help recover unpaid wages.  He will apply low-wage employment laws to protect migrant workers and assist with intake, managing cases, filing litigation, negotiation, and settlement.  John is a second-year student in the Dedman School of Law.

Sommer Saadi will work in Richardson at HUG Internationally.  This organization provides physical and emotional nurturing, medical and educational training, and humanitarian aid to needy children globally.  Sommer will focus her efforts on fundraising and marketing for HUG.  She would like to develop an interactive website that updates donors with information about the “Bunici Program,” which hires Romanian grandmothers to help care for children in orphanages.  Sommer is a sophomore majoring in History and Journalism.

Angad Talwar will work in New Delhi, India, with Shikha Pathshala, an organization that provides elementary education to underprivileged children.  He will teach English, math, drawing, painting, and creative writing.  He will also supervise efforts to make the children computer literate.  Angad is a sophomore Electrical Engineering and Physics major.