Alana Joy Okonkwo

2024-2026 Voyager Scholarship Recipient

I plan to focus on returning cultural belongings to their original homelands in order to help communities across the world preserve their cultural histories and traditions.

Hometown: Fontana, CA

Institution: Stanford University

Major: Archaeology and African & African American Studies

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Voyager Scholarship

The Obama-Chesky Scholarship for Public Service helps students who have a passion for helping others, experience serving in or building community, and an expansive view of what’s possible through public service.