Nybria Ivy Acklin is a senior with a major in sociology, a minor in economics and interest in Mandarin Chinese. She is a candidate for the University

Innovation Fellowship in addition to a participant in her college’s Student-Faculty partnership program, and Teaching Assistant for a Hip-Hop pedagogy course at a neighboring research university. Nybria has a strong leadership and service track record which first came about in her junior year of high school when she found her passion for helping to combat racial disparities in education. Since then, she has done work in other forms of service including working for her college town’s local non-profit organization and becoming her chair of the her college’s student-government Social Justice and Equity committee during her junior year of college. During her free time, Nybria continues her passion for music and dance through her various commitments to a-cappella and dance performances through the academic year. What Nybria hopes to bring during her commitment to UIF is the eye for a true interdisciplinary experience; she hopes to show others that interest in engaging innovation and technology work can also be attainable to humanities and social science nerds.

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Other Smith College UIF Fellows:

UIF Launch Term	Student Name and Bio
Fall 2016	Jessica Innis
Fall 2016	Amanda Lavond
Fall 2016	Lingxuan Li
Fall 2016	Mandira Marambe
Fall 2016	Yi Wang
Fall 2017	Nybria Acklin
Fall 2017	Lisa Feiden
Fall 2017	Lucy Kneissler
Fall 2017	Van Nguyen
Fall 2017	Haven Sandoval