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Emily Jeanne Miller graduated from Princeton University, then worked as a newspaper reporter in the Rocky Mountain West before attending graduate school at the University of Montana, where she earned a Master’s in Environmental

Lisa Gornick has been hailed by NPR as “one of the most perceptive, compassionate writers of fiction in America…immensely talented and brave.” She is the author of four novels: “Tinderbox,” “Louisa Meets Bear” and

Alyson Neel has spent her career elevating overlooked stories of women and girls, through journalism, policy design and advocacy. Her work spans Turkey, the United States and most recently, Myanmar. Neel has worked to

Anne Torsiglieri is thrilled to be returning to her roots at Princeton where, as an undergraduate, was active with The Triangle Club, Theater Intime, and Princeton Summer Theater. Later in her career, she happily

Briana Ruíz Christophers is an aspiring physician scientist interested in bringing social justice to the lab bench and hospital bedside. As an MD-PhD student at Weill Cornell Medicine, she is pursuing training as a

David W. Miller is the Director, Faith & Work Initiative and a Lecturer and Professional Specialist in Ethics at Princeton. He brings an unusual “bilingual” perspective to the classroom and the boardroom. Before receiving

Jessica (Mayer) Herthel is co-author of the first mainstream children’s picture book about a transgender girl, “I Am Jazz.” After graduating from Harvard Law School in 2000, Jessica spent several years in private law

Julia A. Haller (Gottsch) is Ophthalmologist-in-Chief at Wills Eye Hospital, the William Tasman, MD Endowed Chair and Professor and Chair of Ophthalmology at Thomas Jefferson University. After Harvard Medical School, she trained at Johns

Patricia Falcone enjoyed Princeton engineering in the early days of coeducation. Today, she is the Deputy Director for Science and Technology at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory where she oversees the Lab’s scientific capabilities

Deborah Saint-Phard began her career joining the first Women’s Sports Medicine Program in the nation at Hospital for Special Surgery in NYC. She has gone on to found University of Colorado School of Medicine’s,