ALTMAN SCHOLARS ’24
Anya Sastry Barrington, Illinois
Intended Liberal Arts and Business Majors: International Relations and Legal Studies in Business Target Language: Spanish Email: asastry@tulane.edu Academic Achievements: AP Scholar with Honor; Loomis Chaffee Scholar; Loomis Chaffee Ammidon Prize; Loomis Chaffee Founders Award; Academic Recognition History Department/Modern & Classical Languages Department/English Department; Tulane Weatherhead Scholar; Gold President’s Volunteer Service Award. Extra-curricular Activities: President of the Young Democrats Club; Co-Director of the Loomis Chaffee Climate Action group; Member of the Shultz Fellowship, a non-partisan think tank on campus; Member of the Longman Leadership Institute, a selective campus group dedicated to empowering girls and developing leadership skills; Summer intern for U.S. Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi; Captain of the varsity tennis team; Model UN delegate; Op-Ed staff writer for the school newspaper; Residential Assistant & Prefect at school. Community Service: I served as the National Outreach Director for U.S. Youth Climate Strike and organized climate strikes across the nation. I was chosen as a Norton Fellow and created a film documentary on the prevalent issue of environmental injustice. I also volunteered at an orphanage in Tanzania, tutored children of Syrian and Iraqi refugee families who had just come to the U.S., and taught lessons in agriculture and health at a local elementary school. International Experience: Through the LC Scholar award, I volunteered for three weeks at an orphanage in Arusha, Tanzania. I have also traveled to Lisbon, Portugal as one of my school’s delegates for the Yale Model Government Europe conference, and have traveled to India every summer for the past 15 years to visit my grandmothers. Personal Interests/Hobbies: Activism, community organizing, and getting involved in grassroots mobilizations are a big part of my life. I also love to read and could spend hours every day just reading if I had the opportunity to do so. My other hobbies include photography, videography/film-making, traveling, trying new foods, keeping up with fashion, writing/journaling, and learning about the histories of different countries and cultures!
“Passionate, independent, authentic”
Three Words to Describe Herself: Passionate, independent, authentic. Fun Fact from Anya: During my last week in Tanzania, we were driving through the desert in a bus when one of the wheels sunk into a rut in the sand. Lucky for us, our bus decided to break down next to a beautiful blue lake surrounded by blossoming trees and herds of goats. It turned out to be such a great experience!
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