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Mikayla Tillery

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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.

Education

Stanford University

Bachelor's degree program
2021 - 2025
  • Majors:
    • Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis
    • Law
    • Urban Studies/Affairs
  • GPA:
    4

High School
2017 - 2020
  • GPA:
    4

Miscellaneous

  • Desired degree level:

    Doctoral degree program (PhD, MD, JD, etc.)

  • Graduate schools of interest:

  • Transfer schools of interest:

  • Majors of interest:

  • Not planning to go to medical school
  • Career

    • Dream career field:

      Legal Services

    • Dream career goals:

      Fair Housing Attorney

    • Black Recruitment and Orientation Committee

      Black Community Services Center
      2022 – 20242 years
    • Resident Assistant

      Stanford University
      2022 – 20231 year
    • Student Trustee

      Stanford Board of Trustees
      2022 – 20242 years
    • Research Assistant

      Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute
      2022 – 20231 year
    • Public Affairs Intern

      US Department of Energy
      2021 – 2021
    • Bay Area Climate Justice Fellow

      Greenlining Institute
      2023 – 2023
    • Virtual Student Federal Service (Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor)

      US Department of State
      2023 – 20241 year
    • Founder

      Students for Black Maternal Health
      2020 – 20211 year
    • Freedom Corps Organizing Fellow

      Working Families Party
      2020 – 20211 year
    • Public Policy Intern

      New York State Senate
      2020 – 20211 year

    Research

    • History

      Mellon Foundation, Stanford University, UCLA — Primary Researcher
      2023 – Present

    Public services

    • Volunteering

      Planned Parenthood — Volunteer Leader
      2020 – Present
    • Volunteering

      ACLU — Volunteer
      2020 – Present

    Future Interests

    Advocacy

    Politics

    Volunteering

    Mikayla Tillery Student Profile | Bold.org