Ana Olivera, BA'21; MPA'22

Ana Olivera is the mentorship coordinator for the West Side High School Mentor Program through Jersey Cares and partners MCJ Foundation and the Newark Mentor Movement. She served as president of the Diverse American Volunteer Association and was an upstander volunteer for the Office of Violence Prevention and Victim Assistance. She hopes to one day build a nonprofit of her own in the Newark community that tackles sexual assault cases within the LGBTQ+ community. As an America Needs You Fellow alumna, she continues to uplift first-generation college students like herself.