Paige Fernandez

United States

Public Policy (MPP), 2018
Green Templeton College, Oxford

Funding: Oxford-Weidenfeld and Hoffmann

Paige began her MPP after graduating from Sarah Lawrence College where she concentrated in Politics, History and Policy. Her studies specifically focus on the intersection of race, justice, mass incarceration and education. She is particularly interested in the criminal justice and educational policies that perpetuate inequality and the marginalisation/disenfranchisement of people of color in the USA.

Outside of the classroom, Paige is an active member of the Black Lives Matter movement, acting as the Northeast Outreach Coordinator for the nonprofit Together We Stand which aims to dismantle racism, discrimination and police brutality. She has also previously interned at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law where she assisted in conducting extensive research on criminal justice reform. Paige has previously worked for a variety of nonprofits, including Givology, which works to provide scholarships for students globally, and TeamChildren, a nonprofit aimed at bridging the digital divide in Philadelphia.

Paige intends to bring the knowledge acquired at the BSG back to the US to improve the lives of marginalised people through policy and reform, with the long-term goal of running for office on the federal level.