Denia Brielle Smith

2024-2026 Voyager Scholarship Recipient

I plan to focus on the intersections of social policy and pedagogy to advance racial and gender equity for young women of color in legal systems.

Hometown: Belle Mead, NJ

Institution: American University

Major: Political Science (concentration in Gender, Race, Politics), Minor in African American Studies, Certificate in Advanced Leadership 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.