Policy
We advocate for equitable financial aid and higher education systems.

Policy Priorities
The policy team works with students, practitioners, and uAspire advisors to identify challenges students face accessing financial aid and develop advocacy priorities each year.
Policy Fellowship
Through a paid fellowship, college students build advocacy skills and influence policymakers to make higher education more affordable and equitable.
Fellows are undergraduate students in California, Massachusetts, and New York, who are Pell-eligible or have DACA or TPS status. The fellowship builds a pipeline for underrepresented voices into politics and ensures policymakers are hearing directly from those most affected by policies.

"We see firsthand the obstacles students across the country face affording college. We experience the problems. We know the needed solutions.”
Student Policy Fellows

Tara Delcarmen
Binghamton University

T'Kai Harvey
City University of New York, Hunter College

Yesenia Bedolla Jaimes
California Polytechnic State University

Michelle Jean-Louis
Harvard College

Eraste Talla Ngoualadjo
Bunker Hill Community College

Joel Salas-Villa
University of California, Los Angeles
Policy Team

Melissa Clarke
New York Policy Director

Anika Van Eaton
Vice President of Policy

Parshan Khosravi
California Policy Director
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Femi Stoltz
Massachusetts Policy Director