The Carolina Center for Public Service is pleased to recognize UNC-Chapel Hill’s fifth cohort of SECU Public Fellows Interns. Through this program, 18 undergraduate Carolina students are working throughout the summer in partnership with organizations serving communities in North Carolina.
SECU Public Fellows Interns receive a stipend and participate in skills trainings focused on effective community engagement and career development. CCPS is grateful to the SECU Foundation for providing grant funding of up to $110,000 for this program. To learn more about the program, visit go.unc.edu/SECU.
The 2024 SECU Public Fellows Interns at UNC-Chapel Hill are:
Lizbeth “Liz” De La Fuente Gonzalez ‘25
Major: Human Development and Family Science
Hometown: Durham, N.C
Placement Site: Association of Mexicans in North Carolina, Inc. (AMEXCAN
Zoe Som ‘25
Major: Public Policy & Human and Organizational Leadership Development
Hometown: Cary, N.C.
Placement Site: Blueprint NC
Syairah McKnight ‘27
Major: Global Studies
Hometown: Durham, N.C.
Placement Site: Boys and Girls Clubs of Orange and Durham County
Arsema Temesgen ‘2
Major: Health Policy and Management
Hometown: Charlotte, N.C.
Placement Site: Chatham Outreach Alliance, Inc. (CORA)
Clare Mattingly ‘25
Major: Political Science & History
Hometown: Canton, N.C.
Placement Site: City of Oxford
Trinity Tzendzalian ‘26
Major: Global Studies
Hometown: Durham, N.C.
Placement Site: El Futuro
Kristian Koonce ‘27
Major: Political Science
Hometown: Winterville, N.C.
Placement Site: Freedom Organization
Hadiyah Whitfield ‘27
Major: Exercise and Sport Science
Hometown: Kinston, N.C.
Placement Site: Kinston Teens
Avery Hawks ‘25
Major: Sociology & Political Science
Hometown: Cornelius, N.C.
Placement Site: Love Chatham
Emery King ‘27
Major: Advertising and PR
Hometown: Hillsborough, N.C.
Placement Site: Love Chatham
Elise Schaub ‘26
Majors: Human Development and Family Science, Concentration: Child Health
Hometown: Winston-Salem, N.C.
Placement Site: Men and Women United for Youth and Families
Madison Midea ‘25
Majors: Human Development and Family Science
Hometown: Hickory, N.C.
Placement Site: NC FIELD
Hyojin “Jin” Kim ‘25
Major: Human Development and Family Science
Hometown: Cary, N.C.
Placement Site: OIC of Rocky Mount
Kathyrn Pyle ‘25
Majors: Public Policy
Hometown: Winston-Salem, N.C.
Placement Site: Orange County Rape Crisis Center
Kathryn “Katie” McKinney ‘25
Major: Human Development and Family Science
Hometown: Greensboro, N.C.
Placement Site: Peacehaven Community Farm
Emma Sutton ‘25
Majors: Information Science
Hometown: Chapel Hill, N.C.
Placement Site: United Way of Franklin County
Lilly Tyler ‘25
Majors: Global Studies & Political Science
Hometown: Greensboro, N.C.
Placement Site: Upper Coastal Plain Council of Governments
Diana Aceituno-Obando ‘25
Majors: Sociology
Hometown: Hudson, N.C.
Placement Site: Vecinos, Inc