The Do Good Institute team includes passionate, driven, and exceptional student leaders at the undergraduate and graduate level. These students are integral in the development and growth of our hands-on and student-support focused programs; they support key administrative and business-focused functions; they lead and publish communications and marketing efforts; and so much more.
We couldn't do all we do without their dedication and commitment.
Meet Our Student Leaders
Do Good Intern
In his role, she provides administrative support to the Institute’s faculty and staff and supports projects.
Questions or want to get in touch? Email dogood@umd.edu or connect on LinkedIn.
Yedidya Brackins is a third-year transfer student majoring in Information Science. He is passionate about using his education to work in underdeveloped and underrepresented areas of the world to solve day-to-day obstacles using technology. In his free time, he enjoys watching soccer, Formula One, and The Office. He also enjoys being outside, whether playing soccer or basketball or having a picnic.
Campus Fund Student Member
In her role, she helps review and select Do Good Campus Fund applicants to recommend as finalists to the Do Good Campus Strategic Leadership Council.
Questions or want to get in touch? Email dogoodcampusfund@umd.edu. Or, connect on LinkedIn.
She is the founder of a startup which supports older adults, WISE Cities (3rd place winners in the Do Good Challenge last spring). She has served on the Reimagine Learning committee and was previously the Executive Director of the Student Initiated Courses (STICs) program.
Marie is studying Mathematics with a minor in STEM Ethics & Policy. She’s expecting to graduate in Spring 2024.
Do Good Accelerator Intern
In her role, she provides administrative support to the Accelerator Manager through reviewing student applicants, assisting with program execution, working as a liaison between participants and the program manager, and coordinating various programs and events, including Accelerator Fellows and Scale Your Impact mentees.
Questions or want to get in touch? Email dogood@umd.edu. Or, connect on LinkedIn.
Karolina became involved with the Do Good Institute as a member of the Summer 2023 Accelerator Fellows cohort. There she founded Fortitude, a student organization focused on destigmatizing men's mental illness in providing educational workshops on addressing, recognizing and preventing mental crises in men. Previously, she was Digital Director on a campaign for Montgomery County State’s Attorney, served two elected terms as the Vice President of Marketing for the Alpha Delta Pi sorority–where she earned national recognition for outstanding social media presence, and was a General Assembly Legislative Intern during the 2022 session.
She is a current senior pursuing dual degrees in Philosophy Politics and Economics, and American Studies with a minor in Public Leadership. She aims to progress Fortitude to a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and hopes to utilize her intersecting interests of politics and culture in society to positively impact and serve her communities.
Do Good Intern
In her role, she provides administrative support to the Institute’s faculty and staff and supports projects.
Questions or want to get in touch? Email dogood@umd.edu.
Hannah Kerr is currently a sophomore majoring in public health science. She is working to pursue a career in nursing in the future. Hannah is very passionate about women's rights and helping reduce the maternal mortality rate for Black women through her work in the field of nursing. While at Do Good, she looks forward to seeing firsthand how other students, including herself, can positively impact our campus and the world around us.
Hannah likes to crochet things for herself and her family in her free time. She also enjoys cooking, reading and binge-watching different shows.
Program Intern
In her role, she provides administrative support to the Institute’s faculty and staff to ensure the Do Good Campus Strategic Leadership Council, the Do Good Campus Fund, and the Provost's Do Good Innovator Awards are all set up for success.
Questions or want to get in touch? Email dogood@umd.edu. Or, connect on LinkedIn.
During her time at Maryland, Liv has served as a programming director for Cumberland Hall, Co-founder and Vice President of Pro-Choice Students, the undergrad social director for the School of Public Policy student government, as well as an SPP ambassador. She recently received her citation for the Public Leadership Scholars program in which she participated in a team-based grant-making experience, sought grant proposals from campus student organizations serving an identified social issue, evaluated proposals, and awarded a grant to Active Minds with actual funding from the Do Good Institute.
She is in her first semester of the BAMPP program and plans on studying abroad in Spain in the spring 2024 semester. Her expected graduation date for both degrees is December of 2025!
Eventually, she hopes to pursue a career in the nonprofit sector, specifically working to expand reproductive rights.