Ally Testimonials
Discover firsthand stories from participants of
The Advocate Ally Project below.
Keya Turkiewicz
Keya Turkiewicz is a fourth year student at the University of Virginia with a double major in Global Development Studies and Cognitive Science. Her studies provide two complementary lenses: sociopolitical issues, including human rights and education equity. She is currently an intern for the Human Rights Foundation's Freedom Fellowship team, Associate Director of UVA's Democratic Futures Project, and a counselor for the Virginia Equity Center's Starr Hill Pathways program. She is passionate about community-directed action for change and work to put my interdisciplinary education towards such projects
Gloria Wu
Gloria Wu graduated from UVA in 2024 and majored in Foreign Affairs and Anthropology. She worked on a project for the Burmese Democratic Futures Working Group to document demonstrations, election updates, military clashes, political events and human rights violations taking place in Myanmar. She participated in a book project to document the experiences of people displaced by the Military Coup in 2021. She was also an intern for the Center of Politics, working on nonpartisan political advocacy and education projects. Additionally, she was an intern for the Multilingual Outreach Volunteer Effort that translates critical documents for immigrant and non-native English speakers in the greater Charlottesville area. She was very involved in student groups at UVA, including being Diversity, Equity and Inclusion chair for Fourth Year Council (Trustees) and APISAA organizations that are for empowerment, community building, and upliftment.