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Nancy Kim

Class of 2023
Matsui Center Student Ambassador
2022 Cal-in-Sacramento
2022 Schaeffer Fellowship
Placement: Congressional and Public Affairs Department, Millenium Challenge Corporation Placement Location:

Nancy Kim is a junior from Dublin, Ohio studying Economics and Media Studies. Her career interests include equitable economic and workforce development policies. After graduation, she hopes to combine her communications and policy background to implement programs that not only promote economic well-being, but also focus on raising marginalized communities.
Nancy currently serves as the Chief Communications
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Annie Koruga

Class of 2025
2025 Cal-in-Sacramento
2025 Diversity & Entrepreneurship Fellow
2024 Schaeffer Fellowship

Annie Koruga (They/Them)

Annie Koruga is a senior at UC Berkeley studying political science. They have an interest in both constitutional and labor law, and intend to pursue a Juris Doctor after graduating from UC Berkeley. At Berkeley, Annie teaches a course on The History of Free Speech at Berkeley, serves as the team captain of the UC Berkeley competitive speech team, and is completing their senior honors thesis which examines the impact of agency head selection methods on law enforcement violence.

Last summer, Annie interned at
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Kaiana Kotero

Class of 2027
2025 Cal-in-Sacramento
2026 Pathways to Federal Public Service

Kaiana Kotero is a third-year student at the University of California, Berkeley, double-majoring in Legal Studies and Psychology, with a focused academic and professional interest in sexual violence prevention, public safety, and institutional accountability. Her experience bridges legislative policy, legal services, and applied research addressing violence and security within government systems. As a Cal-in-Sacramento Fellow in the Office of California’s Fourth Senate District, Kaiana evaluated the Sexually Violent Predator Conditional Release Program, authored a published...

Irene Kou

Class of 2026
2024 Cal-in-Sacramento Student Director
2024 Cal-in-Sacramento
2024 Diversity & Entrepreneurship Fellow
2023 Cal-in-Sacramento

Irene Kou is a junior at UC Berkeley majoring in Legal Studies. Growing up as a first-generation, Asian American student living in a low-income community, she wants to further her understanding of the challenges she and others have faced first-hand. Through this past summer, she served as StudentDirector for Cal-in-Sacramento and interned at the Federal Defender’s Office. She also researched the generational differences in Asian communities using Holistic versus Western...

Vivian Kuang

Class of 2024
2022 Cal-in-Sacramento
Placement: Placement Location: Sacramento, California

Vivian Kuang is a sophomore studying Political Economy (with a concentration in Inequality in the U.S.) and Data Science. She is the daughter of Chinese immigrants and was born and raised in the Bay Area. Growing up and seeing crises of injustice unfold that her generation would have to inherit, she became passionate about bringing her perspective to spaces that shape government policy and radically rethinking how government can serve people that have been historically neglected. She is...

Abdullah Enes Kut

Class of 2027
2026 Cal-in-Sacramento

Abdullah Enes Kut is a junior Political Science student with a specialization in international relations and a minor in Global Poverty & Practice. As a Cal-in-Sacramento fellow and George A. Miller scholar, he is primarily involved in research that examines the social, political and economic fabric of developing societies on an international scale, with his primary interests including the examination of power structures, interstate coercion, the merits and shortcomings of international organizations in providing a fair playing field, and the true extent of state sovereignty against the...

Kenny Kutter

Class of 2027
2026 Democracy Camp in DC
2025 Cal-in-Sacramento

Kenny is a third year student studying Political Science, with a minor in Data Science. Kenny is interested in how data science tools can be used to explore society's most pressing problems and use this research to push for meaningful change. Previously, Kenny was a 2025 Cal-in-Sacramento fellow, where he interned in the office of Assemblymember Dr. Corey Jackson, who represents his hometown of Moreno Valley.

Currently, Kenny is the Policy Executive in the ASUC Office of the President, where he advises the student body president on pressing...

Rona Lasam

Class of 2026
2025 Cal-in-Sacramento
2025 Diversity & Entrepreneurship Fellow

Rona Marie Siniguian Lasam (She/They)

Rona Lasam is a junior at the University of California, Berkeley, majoring in Political Economy with plans to minor in Data Science. A first-generation immigrant from the Philippines and a queer, low-income student from Van Nuys, California, Rona’s academic and professional journey is deeply rooted in a commitment to advocating for marginalized communities. Their unwavering passion for social justice is shaped by personal experiences growing up in a community where resilience outweighed...

An Nhu Le

Class of 2026
2026 Cal-in-Sacramento

An Le is a second-generation Vietnamese American student at UC Berkeley, majoring in Conservation & Resources Studies with a minor in City Planning. Driven by a deep commitment to environmental justice and equitable urban development, An is passionate about addressing the disproportionate impacts of climate change on marginalized communities. Grounded in years of cultural organizing and activities, her leadership approach is driven to create inclusive, accessible, and welcoming spaces.

An’s professional experience is defined by translating strategic goals into actionable change...

Amy Lee

Class of 2025
2025 Percy Undergraduate Grant
2024 Cal-in-Sacramento

Amy Lee is a current second-year majoring in Legal Studies with minors in Asian American & Asian diaspora studies and education. She hopes to attend law school with an aspiration to work as a public defender in the future. While always having an innate interest in the legal field, her specific passion for criminal justice and public defense began after being exposed to the harsh realities and inequalities of the criminal justice system and the carceral state through classes, extracurriculars, and the media. She hopes to represent or assist those who do not have access to legal...