Hannah Watton (She/Her)

Marketing Manager, Laidlaw Foundation
Maureen Wambui

Investment Associate, AECF

Madeline Beck

Student, Tufts University

International Relations and Art History student at Tufts University, passionate about the intersection of law and art. I would love to connect, please feel free to reach out!
Yu Youyou

Student, University of Cambridge

Ivy Majimbo

Director, GOMYCODE

Isabelle Mary Thomas

Social Entrepreneur, BhuME Women’s Collective

Harshita Jain

Oxford MBA'26, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford

Evalyn Lee

Student, Georgetown University

Hi! My name is Evalyn Lee, and I am in my fourth year at Georgetown University. I am studying English, Art History, and French! Fun fact(s): I write satire for my campus newspaper, The Georgetown Heckler, and am passionate about Mokapot coffee. My research focuses on the 18th-century poet, Elizabeth Singer Rowe. Despite the limited scholarship on the poet, Rowe was an influential political writer who made significant contributions to literary history, including the development of the novel. Through my research, I hope to add to the scholarship that highlights the work of early modern women writers.  For my Leadership-in-Action project, I will be partnering with make_sense and Les Jardins d'Haïti, an intergenerational third-space for seniors, in Marseille, France. 
Livia Ursini Parker

Student, University of Cambridge

Ruby-Anne Birin

Programme Manager, University of Oxford

Cate Gutowski

English and Political Science Student, Brown University

Hello! I'm Cate, a fourth-year undergraduate student originally from Connecticut in the US, and I study English and Political Science at Brown University. I'm interested in human rights, social movements, US constitutional law, and comparative law. As you might have already guessed, I'm considering going into the legal field after undergrad.  In 2025, during my first summer as a Laidlaw Scholar, I participated in an ongoing research project at Brown University called "In the Wake of George Floyd." This project is about documenting current and past protests across Rhode Island in the aftermath of the police killing of George Floyd and writing about them in the context of social movements, racism, and police violence in the state of Rhode Island and throughout the country.  In Summer 2026, for my Leadership in Action project, I am working with the NGO Bibliothèques Sans Frontières in Dakar, Senegal. I am working on expanding access to BSF's educational resources and solar-powered, offline Wi-Fi hotspots to more schools in rural areas across several countries in Western Africa. 
Alfie Saunders

Student, Imperial College London

ZI Kaiwen

Student, HKU

Li Yinuo

Undergraduate Leadership & Research Scholar, The University of Hong Kong

Hanshika Neupane

Student, Tufts University

Ishna

Physics, Trinity College Dublin

A 3rd year Astrophysics student at Trinity College Dublin - investigating exomoons around a brown dwarf and in Auckland working with the Kaipatiki Project.
Benjamin Berman

Student, University of Oxford

David Smith

Student, Trinity College Dublin

BAI JUNYI

Student, HKU

Valeria Paslar

Laidlaw Scholar, University of Leeds

Hey! It's so nice to connect with you. I'm a Business Management with Marketing Student at the University of Leeds and in the 2025/2026 Laidlaw Scholar Network. My research project is 'Exploring Student Perceptions and Experiences of Experiential Learning at the University of Leeds', and I'm so excited to be a part of this programme! I'm extremely passionate about leadership, creative problem-solving and driving impact through everything I do. Alongside my studies, I'm a highly productive individual who balances multiple part-time jobs such as being a Marketing Executive, Podcast Director for Women in Leadership Society and a Social Sciences Student Ambassador. I also love creating content around personal growth, student life and career development and utilise my platform (on TikTok and Youtube) to connect, inspire and share value. As an extrovert, I love spreading positivity both in person and online and look forward to getting to know you!
Emlyn Cox

undergraduate, University of Cambridge

Hello! I'm an undergraduate philosophy student at the university of Cambridge, with a particular interest in the philosophy of science and logic. For my research project, I investigated the history of the notion of privacy. I really enjoyed this venture outside my usual academic comfort zone! I'm also a huge music fan with an eclectic taste (always happy for a chat about anything from Mahler to Cannonball Adderley!), occasionally running from one rehearsal to the next.  Please get in touch if you'd like to say hi!