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My name is Micah Bryant and I am from Houston, TX. I plan to major in neuroscience and have not decided on a minor yet, but I am leaning toward psychology. I am a part of the Platinum Step Team at Brandeis and we are always looking for more people to join. I also enjoy skateboarding and playing basketball in my spare time. I love being a part of the MLK Fellowship because there is constant support present in this family of ours. It is as if you have a lot of siblings who are completely honest and look out for your best interest.

My name is Nora and I am from Framingham/Natick MA! I am majoring in HSSP with a minor in Economics and am happy to yap non-stop about the healthcare industry. I started working as a behavioral health clinician but have since found my passion in management and policy. School and work aside, I am a HUGE foodie! I especially enjoy Carribbean, Korean/Japanese and Middle Eastern food, both cooking and oing out to eat. I am of Moroccan and Lybian heritage, so food is an important aspect of connection in my culture. From our yearly retreat, to meals together with flavor and seasoning, to frequent friendships throughout the years, the MLK Fellowship will always be the backbone that launched and supported my college journey.

Brandie Garcia (any pronouns) is a current junior originating from Chelsea, Massachusetts. Despite currently double-majoring in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx Studies (LACLS) and Music, Brandie is currently in the process of creating an music-based Independent Interdisciplinary Major called Black Music Studies to better serve their academic interests in Black music as a tool of liberation, protest, and joy. Outside of academics, Brandie is the publicity manager for Brandeis VoiceMale, a member of the GenOne Board, a LACLS Undergraduate Representative, and a sociology research assistant studying race and racism under Professor Sarah Mayorga. One of Brandie's favorite things about the MLK Fellowship is the close friends they've gained in the group along the way as well as bugging their academic advisors for fun. Reach out to Brandie if you have any interests in queer music, the a cappella community at Brandeis, gaining resources and opportunities as a first-generation student, and considering careers/studies in the creative arts.

Mona Houjazy (she/her) is a junior at Brandeis University, pursuing majors in neuroscience, psychology, and biology with a minor in chemistry. Raised in Watertown, MA, Mona is deeply involved in campus life as the President of the Brandeis Network of Arab Students club and a research assistant in the Age, Culture, and Cognition Lab, where she explores short-term memory through spatial frequency manipulation. Beyond Brandeis, she works at the MRI Center at McLean Hospital and conducts research in the Department of Gastrointestinal & Oncologic Surgery. Passionate about child development, Mona also volunteers at her local Boys & Girls Club. In her free time, she enjoys hiking, makeup artistry, henna design, and reading. As both an MLK Fellow and a FAB member, she cherishes the sense of community and diverse perspectives within the MLK Fellowship.

My name is Melora Hutcheson (they/she) and I’m an MLK Fellow and a junior at Brandeis. I am majoring in Sociology with a double-minor in African and African-American Studies (AAAS) and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGS). Originally, I’m from Daytona Beach, Florida, but I currently live in Tucson, Arizona–where I attended middle and high school. Growing up, I moved around a lot on the East Coast, and Massachusetts is now the sixth state I have lived in! Over the summer, I interned for the African American Museum of Southern Arizona where I helped with event planning, community outreach, and public relations, all leading up to its official opening to the public sometime in 2024. Now back on campus, I am a general member of the Femmes of Color Alliance (FOCA), the Brandeis Black Students Organization (BBSO), and the Brandeis African Student Organization (BASO). In Fall semester 2023, I will serve as Co-President (along with MLK Fellow, Brandie Ray Garcia) of The Intersection, a club/safe space for queer POC. Brandie and I have restructured the club, and are working toward it becoming officially recognized and chartered here at Brandeis. 

I am also one of only two returning members of the MLK Fellow Advisory Board! I look forward to reconnecting with folks and sharing ideas for the events we have planned for our incoming and continuing MLK’s this year! While there are so many great things I could list about the MLK Fellows, one aspect I enjoy the most about this fellowship is the opportunity for friendship and community. I’ve met and had a chance to foster so many genuine relationships with friends that I believe will last a lifetime. It truly is a family unit; I love the MLK Fellows, and I’m glad to be called one.

My name is Deynie, or Dey for short, and my pronouns are she/her/hers. I’m from New York City (and I make sure that everyone around me knows that) but my family is originally from the Dominican Republic! I’m double majoring in Health: Science, Society and Policy and Business, as well as considering a minor in Spanish. You’ll usually find me in the library but when I do show my face, I like to attend Brandeis Black Student Organization (BBSO) and Brandeis African Student Organization (BASO) because it’s important to me that Black and brown students have a safe space to discuss what affects us as a community. In my remaining time at Brandeis I’d love to join clubs like FOCA because womanhood is essential to my identity. I genuinely have so much love for the MLK fellowship community we have developed. I truly feel like I have formed my second family with these individuals as we’re all very close with one another despite being involved in different things and having different majors. I think the upside to this though is that you’re likely to find an MLK member anywhere on campus. One of my favorite things about this community is our yearly retreats as it allows us to get to know the incoming class, as well as returning students better. I will always be thankful that if nothing else, on campus I will always have my MLK community.