Devanshi Patel is a Sophomore at Stanford University, majoring in Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, and is founder of the Stanford chapter of Students For Education Reform, a national student-driven non-profit mobilizing the next generation of leaders to close the achievement gap. Devanshi has been featured in the award-winning documentary film Miss Representation for her involvement in civic engagement, especially of young women. At Stanford, Devanshi is a staff member at the Women’s Community Center, and a member of the ASSU Community Action Board. She hopes to engage issues of women’s political empowerment with other areas such as Education Reform.
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