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Louis Lin, Ángel Ortiz-Siberón: Truman Scholars

Two Penn juniors, Louis Lin and Ángel Ortiz-Siberón, have received Harry S. Truman Scholarships, a merit-based award of as much as $30,000 for graduate or professional school to prepare for careers in government or public service. Mr. Lin and Mr. Ortiz-Siberón are among 62 Truman Scholars selected this year from 840 candidates nominated by 346 colleges and universities.

caption: Louis LinMr. Lin is a double major in political science and health and societies in SAS and is pursuing minors in Asian American studies, education policy and environmental studies. Mr. Lin is also in the BA/Master of Public Health program. He plans to pursue a law degree, focusing on health law, and a master’s degree in education policy, with the hope of creating a career addressing disparities in children’s health and education in the United States. The son of immigrant parents from China, he is focused on health and education policy, specifically equity, access and quality for low-income immigrant communities. He is a fellow on the board of the student organization Penn First and the chair of the Theatre Arts Council. In 2017, he was elected to a four-year term as a judge of elections on his precinct’s Election Board in Philadelphia, and in 2018 to a four-year term as committeeperson on the 27th Ward Democratic Executive Committee. Mr. Lin also works as a management and program analyst for the Office of the Chief Counsel at the Federal Aviation Administration.

caption: Ángel Ortiz-SiberónMr. Ortiz-Siberón is majoring in sociology in SAS. He is a Mellon Mays Fellow, and his current research aims to create a socioeconomic profile of Puerto Ricans on the US mainland, with a focus on poverty, homelessness and social mobility. With an interest in increasing access to education and empowering low-income Puerto Rican communities, Mr. Ortiz-Siberón intends to pursue a PhD in sociology and social policy with the goal of becoming a professor and public servant. Mr. Ortiz-Siberón is a member of the Puerto Rican Institute of Music in Philadelphia and has tutored and mentored low-income Latinx students. He has been an active participant in local relief efforts for those affected by hurricanes Irma and María in Puerto Rico. He was a loan director for the Bentley University Microfinance Group in Waltham, Massachusetts, working to increase access to financing for small-business owners.

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