2023 William K. (Sandy) Muir, Jr. Leadership Award Recipient
Hunayn Anwar was born and raised in Southeastern Minnesota. She is double majoring in Political Science, with an emphasis in Comparative Politics, and Arabic.
At Cal, she has been heavily involved in leading faith-based and cultural organizations. She served as president of the Association for Muslim Professional Development (AMPD). In this role, she organized workshops to help Muslim students learn skills such as resume writing, interview performance, and personal finance management. She also created mentorship and cohort programs that...
2017 William K. (Sandy) Muir, Jr. Leadership Award Recipient
Grayson Dimick ('17) is a double major in Political Science and History, with a minor in Public Policy, from Sebastopol, California. Grayson is passionate about fostering dialogue, increasing access to affordable health care, and expanding opportunities for women and children, and has immersed herself in academic and public service opportunities surrounding these issues during her time at Berkeley.
On campus, Grayson serves as the president of UC Berkeley Model United Nations. In this role, she trains 110 students from 24 nationalities and 38 majors in public speaking and...
2018 William K. (Sandy) Muir, Jr. Leadership Award Recipient
Youstina is a Political Science Major, and a Global Poverty and Practice Minor from Cairo, Egypt, graduating from Cal in May 2018. She has extensive service experience working on projects related to international human rights, refugee protection, and accountability for atrocities.
During her time at UC Berkeley, she worked closely with ICC investigators and prosecutors, open-source intelligence experts, and international human rights lawyers to verify and utilize open-source intelligence for legal accountability. At the Open-Source Investigations Lab of Human Rights Center, she was...
2018 William K. (Sandy) Muir, Jr. Leadership Award Recipient
Ryen is a Bay Area native graduating from Cal in May 2018. On campus, Ryen has worked for the ASUC as both a videographer and as the Local Affairs Director. He has also worked for the Daily Californian as a writer for the Weekender blog, and for CalSERVE as a student mobilizer following the announcement of tuition hikes in late-2014.
Outside of campus, Ryen worked centrally at the Berkeley Student Cooperative housing system as a consent education educator and he currently teaches health education to high school students across the Bay Area as part of Peer Health Exchange....
2020 William K. (Sandy) Muir, Jr. Leadership Award Recipient
Nicole Mendoza is a Los Angeles native graduating in May 2020 with a major in Political Science and a minor in Public Policy. She is passionate about advocating for progressive policies to advance gender and racial equity. In her free time, she enjoys biking, baking, and listening to music.
During her time at Cal, she led a new advocacy program at the YWCA Berkeley/Oakland, teaching students about grassroots organizing and lobbying. The team conducted original research on Berkeley housing and presented new data to city legislators to promote more affordable housing and protections...
2020 William K. (Sandy) Muir, Jr. Leadership Award Recipient
Mahshad Badii (’20) is a Bay Area native pursuing a double major in Political Science and Near Eastern Studies. She is a two-year Phi Beta Kappa member, a Cal-in-Sacramento alumna, and a 2020 FLAS Scholar in Arabic. She is passionate about U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East and North Africa, atrocity prevention, and international human rights law.
On campus, Mahshad has served as President, External Vice President, and Financial Vice President of Delta Phi Epsilon, Berkeley’s premier professional foreign service fraternity. During her tenure, she led a chapter of 80...
2021 William K. (Sandy) Muir, Jr. Leadership Award Recipient
Madhumitha (Madhu) Krishnan, a native of the East Bay, studied Political Science and History at UC Berkeley with a focus on comparative politics and the history of law and government. Madhu wrote her History senior honors thesis on the Madras Torture Commissioner’s Report and the origins of colonial policing in South Asia.
Madhu has extensive research experience, working with professors in the Political Science Department, the Center for Politics and Development, the Center for Gender and Refugee Studies at the UC Hastings School of Law, and most recently with the Indian Police...
2022 William K. (Sandy) Muir, Jr. Leadership Award Recipient
Megan Cistulli graduated with highest distinction and earned a B.A. in Political Science with a specialization in international relations and American politics while minoring in human rights.
Working as a Civil Rights Research Fellow at the Berkeley Center on Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law (BCCE), Megan has led and participated in numerous research and fellowship projects including:
Amicus brief for the Harvard/UNC affirmative action case; Maintained BCCE global membership and partnership network of over 825 activists, advocates, and academics; Islamophobia...
2022 William K. (Sandy) Muir, Jr. Leadership Award Recipient
Yasmine Ebrat is a native of the East Bay, pursuing a degree in Political Science, with a focus in International Relations. She is a recipient of the Cal Leadership Award, the Afghan American Community Award, and is a Cal in the Capital alumna. Yasmine is passionate about immigration rights and reform as well as providing marginalized communities with the necessary resources for success and provision of fair representation at the state and national levels.
Yasmine has extensive research experience, working with professors in the UC Berkeley Department of History...