Education and Social Policy, '26
Anya Mateu-Asbury is a rising junior majoring in social policy with minors in global health and data science. On campus, Anya is involved with Undergraduate Prison Education Program, Northwestern’s undergraduate partner for its prison education program. To continue her efforts to address the flawed legal system, Anya will use the Clark and Hinman Foundation Fellowship to work this summer as an intern for The Fortune Society. The Fortune Society is a New York–based nonprofit whose mission is to support successful reentry into society from incarceration and promote alternatives to incarceration to strengthen communities. Their work includes engaging in policy advocacy to reform the carceral system in addition to the direct services, such as housing and employment assistance, they provide for people who have been released from prison.