Maria Carnovale studies under what conditions technology maximizes well-being without negatively impacting individuals and communities and how policies can foster this process. She has written about the social and ethical implications of digital platforms, digital contact tracing, and more recently … Read more

Natalie Brownie, from Apex, NC, graduated from UNC in May 2024 with a B.A. in Public Policy and United States History. She is currently a Master of Public Policy student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. After … Read more

Alevtina Newman is a graduate student in the UNC-CH Master of Public Policy program from Lenoir, North Carolina. In the MPP, Alevtina is on the Policy Design and Impact track, with a focus on Health Policy, Bioethics, and Human Rights. … Read more

Zoe is a 2025 Master of Public Policy Candidate from Frederick, Maryland. She completed her undergraduate career at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in May of 2024 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and … Read more

Justin Teoh (he/him) is the MPP program’s first international candidate. Informing his interests in public policy narratives and communication are both his B.A. in Public Policy and Comparative Literature, which he received from UNC in 2024, and his lived experiences … Read more

Josh graduated from the University of North Carolina with a double major in Public Policy and Environmental Studies – Sustainability Track. During his undergraduate, Josh was a member of Phi Sigma Pi National Gender-Inclusive Honor Fraternity and Epsilon Eta Environmental … Read more

Neil Sharma is from Jamestown, NC, and graduated from UNC with degrees in Public Policy, Political Science, and a Japanese minor. In 2024 he pursued the quantitative Track-B of the MPP program, focusing on higher-education access, and AI policies. A … Read more

Payal Shah is a Master of Public Policy student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, with a focus on Social Policy and Inequality and Social Entrepreneurship. For her MPP summer internship, she worked full-time as a Program … Read more