Social Justice & Social Impact

Prep alumni are fast assuming leadership roles in every sector of society - from business and law, to science and medicine, to education and the arts. Armed with an outstanding education, life-changing opportunities, and uncommonly broad perspective, they are poised to change the face of leadership in their communities, the nation, and the world.

Manuela Arciniegas

(XIV/Fieldston '97, Harvard '01) MA, CUNY Graduate Center '15; PhD, CUNY Graduate Center '22

Program Officer, Civic Engagement and Government Team-US, Ford Foundation
Diahann Billings-Burford

(VI/Grace Church '86, Poly Prep '90, Yale '94) JD, Columbia '02

CEO, Ross Initiative in Sports for Equality (RISE)
Named to Crain's Notable Nonprofits and Philanthropy list and Sports Illustrated's 100 Influential Black Women in Sports
Elbert Garcia

(IX/Fieldston '93, Columbia '97) MPA, Baruch '12

Director of Strategic Communications, National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP)
Co-Host of Que Lo Que, a podcast highlighting achievements of Dominican Americans
Tene Howard

(XIII/Packer '97, Amherst '01) MA, Teachers College '04

Executive Director, Sadie Nash Leadership Project
Former Director of Global Programs and Community Engagement at The Packer Collegiate Institute
Michelle Wonsley-Ford

(XIV/Brearley '97, Spelman '01) MBA/MA, Cornell '07

Executive Director, Center for Racial Justice in Education
Founder & CEO of LondonPlane Advisory
Ray Lopez

(XI/Dalton '95, Amherst '99)

Director of Programs/Director of Environmental Health Services, Little Sisters of the Assumption Family Health Service
2008 Robert Wood Johnson Community Health Leader
Jessica Alcantara

(P9 XIII/Andover '04, Dartmouth '08) MA, Fordham '13; Columbia '16

Staff Attorney, Advancement Project
2016 Skadden Fellow
2009-2011 Peace Corps Member
Abelardo Fernandez

(VIII/Buckley '89, Riverdale '92, Brown '97)

Director of Collective Impact & Co-Director of South Bronx Rising Together, Children's Aid Society
Unique Fraser Brathwaite

(P9 V/St. Andrew's '96, Barnard '00) MA, Rutgers '06

Executive Director, LIFT-NY
Anthony Wright

(V/Riverdale '89, Amherst '93)

Executive Director, Health Access California
Named Capitol Weekly Top 100 Players in State Politics, 2018 and 2019
Indira Goris

(P9 IV/Taft '95, Brown '99) MA, Columbia '03

Director of Administration, Open Society Justice Initiative, Open Society Foundations
Lorraine Marulanda

(P9 V/Choate '96, American '00)

Head of Latin America, Southern Africa and The Middle East, Save the Children UK