- Feb 9, 2026
- by Marisa LaFalce
- Social Impact + Justice, Alumni
Kyle Muña ’21 bridges education and industry to improve equity
Kyle Muña majored in human development with a minor in education. As a senior associate for workforce development and health policy at the Silicon Valley Leadership Group Foundation (SVLG), he expands and strengthens career connected learning opportunities for Bay Area students. His own experiences ignited his passion and shaped his career trajectory.
Q. What do you do with the Silicon Valley Leadership Group Foundation?
A. I secure and coordinate direct hire and work based
David Sahn
David E. Sahn is an International Professor of Economics in the Division of Nutritional Sciences and the Department of Economics. Since 2015, he has been a Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in Bonn, Germany. In 2017, he became a Senior Fellow at the Fondation for International Development Study and Research (FERDI) in Clermont-Ferrand, France. From 2011–2015, he was Chaire d’Excellence at Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches sur le Développement International
Elizabeth Johnson
Dr. Liz Johnson is an Associate Professor of Molecular Nutrition at Cornell University in the Division of Nutritional Sciences and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Freeman Hrabowski Scholar. Her work focuses on understanding how metabolite production by the gut microbiome influences host phenotypes as well as how the lipid content of host diets affects the establishment of the microbiome. She studied biology at Spelman College before pursuing a PhD investigating cell cycle transcriptomics at Princeton University. Liz went on to
- Nov 15, 2024
- Social Impact + Justice, Alumni
A "Sesame Street" writer’s long road to an Emmy
Monique Hall ’14 tried to be practical, but her dream wouldn’t let her go. Growing up in New Jersey, she loved getting lost in narratives on TV — everything from Sesame Street to 30 Rock. Watching the credits roll as a teenager, she realized that writing those episodes was someone’s job. Eventually, she’d win an Emmy for doing just that, but back then, for the child of immigrants from Jamaica, a creative career felt unrealistic
Charles Brainerd
My research and teaching are interwoven so that the two activities reinforce each other and so that, to the greatest extent possible, the latest research findings are integrated into the courses I teach. Throughout my career, my research and teaching have revolved around a single broad theme: the scientific study of human cognition. I have concentrated most extensively on the development of cognitive processes in normal and atypical children, but I have also published considerable research
