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.