Jaelyn Nixon: Studying Systems, Supporting Students, and Staying Curious
By Rachel RuffJaelyn Nixon didn’t plan on becoming a public policy scholar. She didn’t plan on…
Sandra Santillan first encountered the Hank and Billye Suber Aaron Young Scholars Summer Research Institute as a high school student at Hillside High School, encouraged by a teacher who recognized her strong writing skills. “I thought I was in trouble,” she says, recalling how her teacher pulled her aside. Instead, the teacher introduced her to a program that would transform her worldview. “That first…