LoginJoin Bold.org
user profile avatar

Mikayla Tillery

8x

Finalist

2x

Winner

General information

Gender
Female
Ethnicity
Black/African, Caucasian

Hobbies & Interests

  • Cooking
  • Running
  • Community Service And Volunteering
  • Public Policy

Reading

  • Academic
  • Humanities
  • Literary Fiction

I read books daily.

Bio

Mikayla Tillery is a senior at Stanford University completing dual degrees in Urban Studies and African and African American Studies. She hopes to pursue a career that makes material differences for those disadvantaged by housing discrimination, neighborhood segregation, and redlining. Her thesis focuses on Black American cartographies of the twentieth century. A Truman Scholar and Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellow, Mikayla has served on a Stanford Board of Trustees Committee, received a number of campus awards and scholarships, and has been a leader at Stanford to increase recruitment for Black students. She has also completed multiple internships, including with the State Department, the Greenlining Institute, and the Department of Energy. Mikayla has received a 175 score on the LSAT.

Education

Stanford University

Master's degree program

2025 – 2027

Majors:
  • Public Policy Analysis
GPA4.0 GPA

Stanford University

Bachelor's degree program

2021 – 2025

Majors:
  • Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis
  • Law
  • Urban Studies/Affairs
GPA4.0 GPA

High School

2017 – 2020

GPA4.0 GPA

Miscellaneous

Desired degree level:
Doctoral degree program (PhD, MD, JD, etc.)
Graduate schools of interest:
Harvard College, Yale University, Howard University
Majors of interest:
Law
Medical school interest:
No

Career

  • Black Recruitment and Orientation Committee

    Higher Education · Black Community Services Center

    Jan 2022 – Jan 2024

  • Resident Assistant

    Higher Education · Stanford University

    Jan 2022 – Jan 2023

  • Student Trustee

    Non-Profit Organization Management · Stanford Board of Trustees

    Jan 2022 – Jan 2024

  • Research Assistant

    Research · Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute

    Jan 2022 – Jan 2023

  • Public Affairs Intern

    Government Administration · US Department of Energy

    Jan 2021 – Jan 2021

  • Bay Area Climate Justice Fellow

    Environmental Services · Greenlining Institute

    Jan 2023 – Jan 2023

  • Virtual Student Federal Service (Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor)

    International Affairs · US Department of State

    Jan 2023 – Jan 2024

  • Founder

    Civic & Social Organization · Students for Black Maternal Health

    Jan 2020 – Jan 2021

  • Freedom Corps Organizing Fellow

    Political Organization · Working Families Party

    Jan 2020 – Jan 2021

  • Public Policy Intern

    Government Administration · New York State Senate

    Jan 2020 – Jan 2021

Miscellaneous

Dream career field:
Judiciary
Dream career goals:
Fair Housing Attorney
Has nursing license:
No

Future Interests

  • Advocacy
  • Politics
  • Volunteering
Mikayla Tillery Student Profile | Bold.org