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Dear YANA Community,

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the YANA–Dwight Hall Summer Fellowship, please join us next Wednesday, March 25 at 6:30 PM ET for our monthly Live From New York Town Hall at the Yale Club.

This special evening will highlight the transformative impact of the Fellowship and how it empowers Yale students to pursue lives of purpose and service. Featured speakers Laura Haight ’23 and Yakeleen Almazan ’25 will share how the experience has shaped their career paths, life choices, and commitment to making a difference. We will also be joined by Mark Fopeano, Director of Programming & Evaluation at Dwight Hall.

As we look ahead to supporting the next generation of Fellows, we hope you’ll be inspired by these young alumni and consider how you can be part of our continued impact.

Celebrating 10 Years of the YANA–Dwight Hall Summer Fellowship

Details and Registration

Wednesday, March 25 | 6:30 PM ET

In-Person (Yale Club of NYC) & Virtual via Zoom

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Laura Haight '23

Laura is originally from upstate New York and graduated cum laude from Yale College in 2023 with a B.A. in History and distinction in the major. As a YANA-Dwight Hall Summer Fellow, Laura interned at the D.C. Federal Public Defender’s Office, where she helped craft defenses for low-income defendants. The experience deepened her commitment to racial and economic justice and expanding access to counsel. At graduation, she received the Roosevelt L. Thompson Prize for her commitment to public service. Since graduating, Laura has worked as a paralegal at the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office, supporting litigation to mitigate the housing crisis and enforce affordable housing laws. Laura plans to pursue a career fighting for the protection of human dignity as an attorney working in direct legal services and public impact litigation.

Yakeleen Almazan ’25

Yakeleen hails from Tucson, Arizona and graduated from Yale College in May 2025. She majored in Ethnicity, Race and Migration. In summer 2025, Yakeleen focused on judicial research, helping to create the foundation for the AZCP Legal Clinic. She tracked judicial cases, nominations, and conducted in-depth research for a new campaign against Senate Concurrent Resolution 1019, which intends to eliminate judicial retention elections for the Arizona Supreme Court. She is on track to graduate from Yale Law School in 2028.

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