While at harvarddivinity, Nicole Powell spearheaded the creation of Low-Income Student Advocates, which runs a community food locker and monthly clothing swap. She also worked on the Black Religion, Spirituality, and Culture Conference, and became president of the Prison Education Project, a student group that tutors incarcerated people pursuing college degrees.⠀ ⠀ Powell’s interest in social and racial justice goes back to her childhood. Raised in Los Angeles in a tight-knit family, her parents and grandmother taught her important lessons about history, race, and education. After graduation, she will return west to be close to her family and continue her studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, where she has been accepted to a master’s program in public policy. ⠀ ⠀ “I’d like to write social policies and legislation with communities in mind, because all the work I do is with and for the community,” said Powell. “Everything I’ve done is not the work of an individual. Anythi...