Maritza Perez is a Research Assistant at the Haas Institute and is in her final semester at Berkeley Law. Her background as a first-generation American and college graduate fueled her desire to become involved in progressive politics from an early age in order to dismantle inequitable treatment of underrepresented groups. She joined Teach For America (TFA) after college to foster academic growth in New Orleans public schools.

Fanna Gamal is a Research Assistant at the Haas Institute. She is currently a law student at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law. Before law school Fanna served as a Campaign Associate for ColorOfChange.org -- America's largest online civil rights organization. As an Associate Fanna worked on voting rights, criminal justice and labor campaigns.

Priyal Bhatt is a fourth-year undergraduate student at UC Berkeley studying Political Economy and Public Policy. As a Network Research Assistant, she assists in managing the Haas Institute's work on its Network for Transformative Change. In addition to internships in the social and environmental justice arena, she has been an active member of the service community at Cal. Outside of academics, Priyal is passionate about girls' education issues, exploring new cuisines, and reading historical fiction novels.

Alisa Zhao a research assistant with the Haas Institute's Regional Economic Equity project. Alisa is a senior at UC Berkeley studying economics and psychology. She is an honor student at Hinshaw’s lab in the Institute of Human development, working on an honor thesis regarding racial/ethnic differences of ADHD treatment outcome. Previously, Alisa was a senior research staff at Culture and Cognition Lab. She co-developed several research projects investigating racial/ethnic differences on power, beauty, crowd emotion and perception in Tsinghua University and UC Berkeley.

Alexis Alvarez-Franco works as a Research Assistant on the impact of the Berkeley Global Campus as an anchor institution on marginalized communities in order to catalyze economic growth in these communities. Alexis was one of the authors of the "Anchor Richmond" report published by the Haas Institute. Alexis is a San Diego native and has previously worked with institutions focusing on policy research within the San Diego-Tijuana region. Alexis is a senior at UC Berkeley majoring in Political Economy and minoring in Environmental Design and Urbanism.

Sharanya Sriram is a Summer Fellow with the Haas Institute, working with the Roosevelt Institute Summer Academy. She is a rising sophomore at Georgetown University, studying International Politics: Security Studies with a concentration in International Development. At the Institute, Sharanya worked on UC Berkeley's status as an anchor institution, especially with regard to the proposed Richmond Bay campus extension.

Jasmine Sadat recently finished her Master’s in City & Regional Planning from the College of Environmental Design at the University of California, Berkeley. Her concentrations are Housing, Community, and Economic Development (HCED) and Land Use. At HIFIS, Jasmine will be conducting spatial analyses and creating maps for research projects involving social justice issues. Jasmine will also be summarizing data as tables, charts or other visual representations in connection with employment, housing, education, and other contexts in the social justice arena.