SBS RISE is designed to create community, and provide specialized academic programs and opportunities for underrepresented students within SBS (those who identify as first-generation, Black, Indigenous, or other Persons of Color (BIPOC), and/or come from low income backgrounds).
After joining The Emerging Scholars program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Jeanai earned a spot in the Commonwealth Honors College. Jeanai graduated in 2018 with a degree in Economics and a certificate in Public Policy Administration.
Jeanai worked for …
Illustrated by Marian Blair
Mentoring can play a crucial role in our professional success, and this is especially true for people of color. Due to the disparity in diversity of representation within leadership combined with a lack of access to …
“I decided to come to UMass because of the major itself. The thing about SCD was the fact that it has sustainability built into the curriculum, and it’s at the crossroads of the social and scientific side of environmental work. …
Melissa James’10 Journalism, Legal Studies 
Audrey Ortega’13, Sustainable Community Development 
Annaly Monteiro-Serena’19, Legal Studies 
